Chapter 10 - The Price Paid
Robert shot up from the cold steel table, violently coughing and clutching his fiercely burning chest.
He looked through his tear-blurred vision and saw Ethan standing perfectly upright, running across the room on his own two feet.
The father and son collided in a desperately tight, weeping embrace that washed away five agonizing years of profound grief.
The leaked files had successfully destroyed Arthur Pendelton, and Marcus Vance was subsequently arrested for ordering the attack on the clinic.
Robert happily lost his massive financial empire, realizing his true wealth was standing right in front of him.
He used the last of his untouched personal savings to buy a quiet, modest home far away from the toxic greed of Wall Street.
He legally adopted the mysterious little girl, giving her the warm, loving family she had seemingly always been searching for.
Life was finally perfectly peaceful, filled with the joyous sounds of Ethan and his new sister running freely through the sunny backyard.
Later that evening, Robert went into his adopted daughter's dark room to lovingly tuck her into bed.
He noticed a strange, glowing blue barcode slowly burning its way directly into the pale skin on the back of her neck.
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The glowing symbol perfectly matched the highly classified logo of the shadow biotechnology firm that had mysteriously purchased his seized assets.
The little girl slowly opened her completely black eyes in the dark and whispered that the real experiment was finally ready to begin.
