Chapter 4 - The Evidence in the CupThe forensic technician arrived carrying a sterile collection kit.
She knelt beside the spilled liquid.
Margaret watched.
Every second felt like a countdown.
Arthur opened a financial ledger.
"Daniel, there's something else."
He placed several pages on the desk.
"Fifty thousand dollars every month."
Daniel frowned.
"To whom?"
"Dr. Leonard Evans."
Ava's eyes widened.
"That's the doctor."
Arthur continued.
"The payments started three months ago."
"That's when Ava became seriously ill," Daniel whispered.
The technician sealed the liquid sample.
"Preliminary signs suggest a concentrated sedative compound."
Daniel looked at Ava.
Her face had gone completely white.
The technician continued carefully.
"There may also be a muscle-paralyzing agent."
Daniel felt sick.
That explained the wheelchair.
The weakness.
The inability to speak.
The helplessness.
Ava had not been losing her mind.
Someone had been trapping her inside her own body.
Daniel turned toward Margaret.
"Why?"
She stared at him.
"I did what was necessary."
"You poisoned my wife."
"I protected your company!"
"No."
Daniel's voice was cold.
"You protected your control."
Margaret's mask finally cracked.
"You think she belongs here? She came from nothing!"
Ava lowered her eyes.
Daniel stepped closer to his mother.
"She belongs with me."
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Then he took Ava's hand.
"And you don't."
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