Chapter 9 - The Desperate Defense
I stared at my father in complete, unadulterated disbelief as the paramedics dragged him away.
The police quickly secured the entire property and took our official, detailed statements.
I could not stop thinking about Victor's chilling, confident words regarding my sister.
Luke and I desperately rushed back to the hospital, flanked by two armed police escorts for our safety.
We demanded to speak directly with the hospital administrator and the county medical examiner.
The confused administrator led us down to the cold, sterile basement where the morgue was located.
We walked into the freezing room and the medical examiner pulled back the white sheet on Chloe's designated table.
The metal table was completely empty.
My sister's body was completely gone, leaving absolutely no trace behind.
The lead detective immediately ordered a full lockdown of the hospital and demanded to review the security footage.
We all stood in the cramped security office, watching the grainy, black-and-white monitor play the events of the last three hours.
The footage clearly showed Silas, the ruthless debt collector, walking casually into the morgue.
He unlocked the metal door, and a few seconds later, my sister walked out of the room completely alive.
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Chloe was never dead; she had ingeniously faked her own death using a stolen medical paralytic drug to escape my father's wrath.
She calmly walked out of the hospital with Silas, completely abandoning her newborn baby without a single backward glance.
