Chapter 1: The Sister Who Was Never Forgotten
The hospital room remained silent after the message appeared.
ASK ADAM WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS SISTER.
Nobody moved.
Not Sophie.
Not Beatrice.
Not even Thomas.
But Adam felt like the entire world had shifted beneath his feet.
For nineteen years, he had carried the same memory.
His little sister, Emily Langley, had been sixteen years old when she collapsed during a school event.
The doctors said her heart simply failed.
A tragic genetic condition.
A mystery no one could solve.
His parents had buried her quickly.
No investigations.
No questions.
No lawsuits.
Just a beautiful funeral and a family that never spoke her name again.
But now…
The hospital screen was telling him something impossible.
Emily wasn’t a mystery.
She was a test subject.
Adam slowly turned toward his father.
“Dad…”
His voice cracked.
“Did you know?”
Thomas Langley didn’t answer.
And that silence was worse than any confession.
Sophie watched Adam carefully.
She had spent months trying to uncover the truth behind Northbridge.
She never expected the missing piece would be sitting inside her own husband’s family.
Beatrice stepped forward.
“Adam, don’t listen to this nonsense. Someone is manipulating you.”
But Adam noticed something.
His mother wasn’t angry.
She was afraid.
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And that was when he knew.
The woman who had spent years controlling every situation had finally lost control.
