Chapter 5 - The Second EmeraldVictoria opened another safe.
Inside was a file labeled:
STERLING TWINS — CONFIDENTIAL
The documents revealed that Clara had not been the only missing child.
Her twin sister had disappeared the same night.
But the police records contained something disturbing.
There was no official death certificate.
No burial record.
No evidence of a second body.
Someone had deliberately erased her existence.
Clara felt anger rising inside her.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I was afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
Victoria's eyes filled with tears.
"The person who took you."
Then came the revelation.
The emerald pendants had originally been created as a pair.
One for each daughter.
But the emerald itself came from an ancient family stone known as the Sterling Heart.
According to family legend, whoever possessed both pieces could legally challenge the ownership of the Sterling empire.
Clara suddenly understood.
Her kidnapping hadn't been random.
Someone wanted the inheritance.
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Someone had been willing to destroy two children's lives for it.
And that person might still be alive.
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