Chapter 12 - The Research My Father Built as a Weapon Became the Treatment That Saved the Children He Had Nearly DestroyedThe research was transferred to legitimate doctors.
The dangerous compounds were destroyed.
The useful treatment was isolated.
Months of testing followed.
No children were used without consent.
No secret experiments.
No stolen blood.
No lies.
The first clinical trial succeeded.
The children who had survived the network began recovering.
Some were reunited with their parents.
Others found new families.
The foundation was named after Chiara.
Another was named after my mother.
Valentina testified.
She told the truth.
She admitted what she had done.
She explained how she'd been forced to participate.
She accepted responsibility where she needed to.
I forgave her eventually.
Not immediately.
But enough.
She became part of the foundation.
Giulia kept working for us.
Mia became a tiny celebrity.
She was always asking questions.
Always exploring.
Always finding hidden things.
We had to childproof the entire estate.
Chiara laughed when we did.
"I can't believe a four-year-old destroyed an empire."
I smiled.
"She didn't destroy it."
"Then who did?"
"She just found the evidence."
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Chiara kissed Mia's forehead.
"Exactly."
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