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I focused on the screen.
WHO WAS THE DOCTOR?
Samuel searched the old records.
A name appeared.
Dr. Adrian Cole.
I stared at it.
The same physician who had recently recommended withdrawing my treatment.
The same man photographed with Jessica.
Samuel leaned back.
“Now we have a connection.”
I wanted to know why.
I typed another message.
WHY WOULD JESSICA HAVE THIS PHOTO?
Samuel considered the question.
“Perhaps she knows about Caroline. Perhaps she obtained it from David. Or perhaps she was involved in something we haven’t uncovered.”
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He placed the photograph inside an evidence sleeve.
“One thing is certain. We need to identify Emma.”
***
That afternoon, Mara returned with information.
She had searched through the public records available to her and contacted an old nursing colleague who had worked at a private rehabilitation facility.
Her colleague remembered a young woman named Emma Mercer.
“She was admitted to a rehabilitation center after her mother’s death,” Mara explained. “She was about eleven years old. Apparently, she had severe anxiety and refused to speak to her father.”
