Chapter 5 - The Child Nobody Was Supposed to FindThe little girl's name was Mia.
She was three.
She had been living under the protection of Lorenzo's mother.
Victoria claimed she was Sofia's niece.
That was a lie.
DNA testing confirmed it.
Mia was Lorenzo's daughter.
His biological daughter.
Sofia had given birth to her secretly before the explosion.
Hunter watched Lorenzo hold the child.
He looked stunned.
“Why didn't anyone tell me?”
Victoria had no answer.
Then she disappeared.
Security found her car abandoned.
Her phone was destroyed.
A safe in her room contained photographs.
Hunter.
Lily.
Leo.
Mia.
All four children.
Her heart sank.
“She was watching them.”
“Yes.”
Lorenzo looked at the photographs.
“Why?”
A note was hidden beneath them.
THE CHILDREN ARE INSURANCE.
Hunter understood.
Victoria had been protecting the Rossi empire through the next generation.
But there was more.
The photographs showed Lily alive.
At least once.
Taken six days after Hunter was told she died.
Hunter nearly collapsed.
“She's alive.”
Lorenzo looked at her.
“We'll find her.”
The trail led to an abandoned pediatric facility.
They arrived at midnight.
Inside were dozens of medical records.
Children.
Genetic samples.
Experimental studies.
And a hidden nursery.
Hunter found a small blanket.
Pink.
With a stitched ladybug.
She fell to her knees.
“Lily.”
Lorenzo stood beside her.
He didn't touch her.
He understood grief too well.
A monitor in the corner flickered.
A video.
A woman holding a baby.
Sofia.
She was alive.
She looked into the camera.
“If you're watching this, then Victoria has lost control.”
Hunter sobbed.
Sofia continued.
“Lily was born with a rare genetic marker.”
Lorenzo listened.
“She was matched to Leo.”
Hunter stared.
“Why?”
“Because someone wanted to use her genetic material to make Leo legally appear to belong to another family.”
The plan was simple.
Take Lily.
Use her blood.
Fake the records.
Control Leo.
Control the Rossi inheritance.
Then eliminate Sofia.
But there was a final piece.
Sofia looked terrified.
“The person behind this isn't Victoria.”
Lorenzo froze.
“It's someone she feared.”
The video ended.
A door opened behind them.
Dr. Briggs stood there.
Holding a gun.
“Good.”
His expression was cold.
“You finally found the truth.”
Hunter stepped in front of Lorenzo.
Briggs smiled.
“You really are stubborn.”
“Where is Lily?”
“Alive.”
Hunter's heart stopped.
“Where?”
May you like
Briggs pointed toward the basement.
“She has been waiting for you.”
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