Chapter 9 - THE REAL CHILDDaniel walked toward us.
I kept Lily behind me.
“Don't come any closer.”
He stopped.
“I deserve that.”
“You lied to me.”
“Yes.”
“You knew about the embryo.”
“Yes.”
“You knew Vanessa was involved.”
“Yes.”
My voice shook.
“What don't I know?”
Daniel looked at Lily.
“Lily isn't the missing child.”
Silence.
I stared at him.
“What?”
He pulled an old medical file from his jacket.
“The baby in the photograph wasn't Lily.”
I couldn't understand.
“Then who was she?”
Daniel looked at Vanessa.
Vanessa began crying.
“She was my daughter.”
I felt the world stop.
Vanessa covered her face.
“I gave birth seven years ago.”
Daniel continued.
“She died?”
Vanessa shook her head.
“No.”
She looked at Lily.
“She survived.”
I looked at my daughter.
Lily stared back at me, confused.
Vanessa whispered:
“Lily is my daughter.”
I couldn't breathe.
Daniel stepped closer.
“The hospital records were changed.”
“Why?”
He looked toward the road.
“Because the original father was a billionaire who didn't want the child found.”
Then headlights appeared.
A convoy of black vehicles entered the driveway.
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Daniel's face went pale.
“They're here.”
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