Chapter 5 - The Night the Past ReturnedThe cars stopped outside the house.
No one got out.
Julian called the police.
Then the lights disappeared.
For almost an hour, nothing happened.
But Maria couldn't sleep.
At midnight, Julian found her sitting at the kitchen table with an old metal box.
Inside were documents.
Letters.
Newspaper clippings.
And a hospital bracelet.
Julian picked it up.
“Mine?”
Maria nodded.
“Your birth name was Daniel.”
Julian stared at her.
“Daniel?”
“Yes.”
“Then who changed it?”
“The Harringtons.”
Julian's face hardened.
“Why?”
Maria opened the metal box.
Inside was a newspaper clipping.
The headline read:
HARRINGTON HEIR PRESUMED DEAD AFTER HOSPITAL DISAPPEARANCE
Julian read it twice.
“Hospital disappearance?”
Maria nodded.
“You weren't the only baby born that night.”
Julian looked up.
“What do you mean?”
Maria's lips trembled.
“You had a twin.”
The room went silent.
Julian felt the blood drain from his face.
“Where is he?”
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Maria didn't answer.
That frightened him more than anything else.
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