Chapter 7 - The Woman Who Wanted My Blood Had Once Been Leo's HeroEvelyn had raised Leo.
After his parents died, she became his guardian.
He trusted her.
He loved her.
He believed she was the reason he survived.
Now he learned she had been behind the research.
“I can't believe it.”
I looked at him.
“People are complicated.”
“She raised me.”
“And betrayed you.”
“Yes.”
“What will you do?”
He stared at the documents.
“Stop her.”
We found her in Boston.
She had taken over an old hospital.
Hundreds of people worked there.
The building looked legitimate.
But underneath was a laboratory.
Children's records.
Patient samples.
My name.
Lily's.
Leo's.
Everything.
We entered.
Evelyn was waiting.
“Hello, Leo.”
He stared.
“Aunt Evelyn.”
“You've grown.”
“You hurt Lily.”
“No.”
“You used Nora.”
“I saved her family.”
“You kidnapped her children.”
“They were protected.”
“You stole blood.”
“Necessary.”
Leo raised his weapon.
Evelyn smiled.
“Would you really shoot the woman who raised you?”
He lowered it.
I stepped forward.
“Don't.”
Evelyn looked at me.
“You are extraordinary.”
“I am a person.”
“You could change medicine.”
“Without consent?”
“Science requires sacrifice.”
“No.”
I shook my head.
“People require consent.”
She smiled.
“You sound like your father.”
“He was right.”
Evelyn's face hardened.
She triggered an alarm.
Security swarmed.
Leo pushed me behind him.
Gunfire.
We escaped.
But Evelyn captured Lily.
My heart stopped.
She wanted the baby.
Not me.
Lily.
Because the baby's immune system was changing faster than expected.
We found her in the neonatal research wing.
I entered.
Evelyn held Lily.
“She is beautiful.”
“Put her down.”
“She is the future.”
“No.”
“She can save millions.”
“She is six months old.”
“She doesn't belong to you.”
“She belongs to everyone.”
I stepped forward.
“You're wrong.”
Evelyn stared.
“She belongs to herself.”
Leo entered behind me.
“Let my daughter go.”
Evelyn raised her gun.
“You'll destroy everything for a baby.”
Leo answered:
“Yes.”
I realized something.
That was the difference between Leo and his family.
They saw people as assets.
He saw them as family.
Evelyn hesitated.
That was enough.
Security entered.
She escaped.
Lily was safe.
We took the research.
This time, we would destroy it properly.
But Evelyn had one final weapon.
She released the truth publicly.
The media discovered my identity.
My past.
My children.
My father's involvement.
The story exploded.
Suddenly, my private trauma became public.
Reporters followed me.
People called me a victim.
Others called me a research subject.
I hated all of it.
Leo stood beside me.
“You don't have to hide.”
“I want my life back.”
“You'll get it.”
“How?”
“I'm going to make sure nobody ever owns your story again.”
I looked at him.
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“How?”
“We tell it ourselves.”
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