Chapter 14 - THE SURGICAL CENTER BENEATH ST. AGNESThe archive revealed one final location.
An underground surgical center beneath the new St. Agnes Children's Wing.
The building looked clean.
Modern.
Charitable.
A bronze plaque carried the names of the Blackwood and Montigue foundations.
Lily stared at it.
The entire conspiracy had hidden behind beautiful architecture.
They descended.
Beneath the hospital were operating rooms.
Incubators.
Files.
Empty bassinets.
Children's bracelets.
Mothers who had been told their babies died.
Dr. Hale was there.
She held Ethan.
A needle was taped to his foot.
Victor raised his gun.
"Step away from him."
Hale smiled.
"You still think violence solves everything."
Victor's finger tightened.
Lily stopped him.
"No."
She looked at Hale.
"We need her alive."
Hale finally revealed the truth.
She had manipulated Ethan's medical records.
She had drugged him.
She had helped alter adoption files.
She had worked with Lucien.
But she claimed she had done it to preserve the Blackwood bloodline.
Then Adrian appeared behind the glass.
He held the archive.
"I already released it."
Every monitor activated.
Names appeared.
Judges.
Doctors.
Police officers.
Politicians.
Buyers.
Victims.
The entire city watched.
The secret was no longer a secret.
Hale panicked.
She reached for Ethan's IV.
Lily threw Elena's brass key.
It struck Hale's wrist.
The syringe fell.
Victor grabbed Hale.
Lily caught Ethan.
For three seconds, the baby did not breathe.
Then he coughed.
Cried.
Opened his eyes.
Victor pressed his forehead against Lily's.
They had saved him.
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But outside, sirens began to scream.
The people named in the archive were coming.
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