Chapter 2 – A Photograph Hidden for Ten Years
Chapter 2 – A Photograph Hidden for Ten Years
Determined to learn the truth, Ethan hired the country's best private investigators.
Within forty-eight hours, they uncovered something impossible.
Ten years earlier...
A terrible apartment fire had claimed the lives of Ethan's older brother Daniel and his wife, Sophie.
Their infant daughter had been declared dead.
No body had ever been recovered.
Authorities assumed the flames had destroyed everything.
The case was closed.
Until now.
Emma's estimated age...
Eight.
The timing fit perfectly.
One investigator slid an old photograph across Ethan's desk.
It showed Daniel holding his baby daughter during her first birthday.
The little girl wore a silver bracelet engraved with one tiny star.
Ethan looked at Emma's wrist.
The bracelet was still there.
Hidden beneath dirt and worn sleeves.
His hands trembled.
"It can't be..."
Another investigator continued.
"There's something else."
"We found evidence that the fire wasn't an accident."
Someone had disabled the building's alarm.
Insurance records disappeared.
Witnesses changed their statements.
Every trail pointed toward one man.
Victor Hale.
Daniel's former business partner.
The same man who unexpectedly became wealthy immediately after Daniel's death.
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Someone hadn't merely stolen a company.
Someone had tried to erase an entire family.
