Chapter 12 - The Hidden Medical File
Ethan dropped the flashlight onto the concrete floor, his hands slamming against the thick glass pane. "Eleanor..." he choked out, his voice cracking with an emotion he hadn't felt in four years.
Beside the glass door, a metal clipboard hung on a hook. Ethan snatched it down with trembling fingers, scanning the medical charts attached to the front. The records went back forty-eight months—starting from the exact week of the supposed boat accident.
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According to the physician notes, Eleanor had not died; she had been kept in a medically induced coma using a rare neurotoxin compound. The signature at the bottom of every daily status report belonged to a private medical team funded directly by Vance Financial—Damon’s parent company.
They hadn't killed her. They had kept her incapacitated so they could legally access the Sterling Trust funds, which required either Eleanor’s signature or four years of declared absence to fully transfer.
