Chapter 10 - The New Beginning
The fall of Dr. Salgado’s organ trafficking ring made national headlines for months.
Diego, Beatriz, and Fernanda were sentenced to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole.
My father’s massive tech empire was seized by the government, and he was denied any spot on the legal transplant list.
He passed away in a prison hospital ward three weeks before his federal trial was scheduled to begin.
The corrupt police officers who had aided the family were completely stripped of their badges and locked away.
I testified at every single trial, making sure the monsters who tried to harvest my life never saw the sun again.
With the massive compensation from the victim’s fund, I legally changed my name and moved across the country.
I bought a beautiful little house on the coast of Oregon, entirely surrounded by pine trees and the sound of the ocean.
I started painting again, drinking hot tea on my porch, and finally breathing without fear.
The scars on my wrists faded, and the profound trauma slowly released its grip on my soul.
For the first time in my life, I felt truly happy and completely safe.
I walked into my new bedroom, ready to unpack the final box of my belongings.
I tossed my keys onto the nightstand and turned to pull back the blankets on my bed.
Sitting perfectly in the center of my pillow was a sleek, pitch-black envelope sealed with crimson wax.
I broke the seal with trembling fingers and pulled out a single sheet of heavy parchment paper.
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The handwriting was painfully familiar, identical to the script I had seen in Dr. Salgado's files.
"We still need a heart, Ana."
