Chapter 2 – The Secret They Buried
Chapter 2 – The Secret They Buried
Within an hour, government officials arrived.
The ballroom became a secured investigation site.
Old classified military records were requested immediately.
Vance personally contacted the Department of Defense.
By sunrise, the first confirmation arrived.
Twenty-four years earlier, a convoy carrying General Cross's wife and infant daughter had vanished.
Authorities believed everyone inside had died.
But the wreckage had never been found.
Someone had erased every record.
Someone wanted the child to disappear forever.
DNA samples were collected from Maya.
The results came back before noon.
99.9998%.
Positive identification.
Maya wasn't just related.
She was the only living heir of General Nathaniel Cross.
The nation had spent two decades honoring a hero.
Without knowing his daughter had been living in poverty.
Victoria slowly backed away.
Her face turned pale.
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For the first time in years...
She had no words.
