The Surgeon's Ghost
it matched the city where she'd been building her empire all along.
Adeline wasn't stupid. She immediately called her secretary and ordered a full investigation.
That night, she sat on the edge of her bed, fumbling with a cigarette, her hands shaking too much to light it. Frustrated, she hurled it to the ground and didn't sleep a wink.
The next morning, her team delivered the findings.
"Samuel has been dead for four years.
"Four years ago, after he was diagnosed with brain cancer, he donated his heart to someone... to you, ma'am.