{"id":5879,"date":"2026-09-22T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:12:43","slug":"part-6-blake-finally-explained-why-isabella-feared-him-but-one-detail-about-her-fatal-crash-changed-the-investigation-completely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=5879","title":{"rendered":"PART 6 \u2013 Blake Finally Explained Why Isabella Feared Him, but One Detail About Her Fatal Crash Changed the Investigation Completely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent refused Blake\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he wants to talk,\u201d he said, \u201che talks in front of witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves agreed. So did the detective handling the scene, a patient woman named Elena Torres who had spent the last hour coordinating with the hazardous-material team and listening to Vincent interrupt her every three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Blake sat in the library with his attorney beside him.<\/p>\n<p>The physician looked composed again.<\/p>\n<p>Too composed.<\/p>\n<p>His hands rested lightly on his knees. His tie had been straightened. If someone had entered without knowing what was happening upstairs, they might have mistaken him for a man waiting for a business meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stood rather than sit.<\/p>\n<p>I remained near the doorway.<\/p>\n<p>Blake noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked for privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t set conditions in my house,\u201d Vincent said.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney intervened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy client is attempting to provide information voluntarily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen let him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Detective Torres opened her notebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Blake, anything you say regarding potential criminal activity may become part of this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want your attorney present?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked at Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabella believed someone was making the boys sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence struck the room like a dropped object.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me she was paranoid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed she was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieved?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I watched Blake carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you stop believing that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly before her death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stepped closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew enough to call her irrational to my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to keep her calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent laughed without humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou prescribed her sedatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wasn\u2019t sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she believed someone was poisoning our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s attorney spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wording has not been established.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent ignored him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Isabella find?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>Torres said, \u201cDoctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe found abnormal blood results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat results?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarkers suggesting repeated chemical exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat chemical?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy weren\u2019t they in the boys\u2019 official medical records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were private tests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrdered by whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabella.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen through whom?\u201d Vincent asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA physician in New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Samuel Ortega.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent turned to Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves was already moving.<\/p>\n<p>Blake continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabella brought the reports to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what did you do?\u201d Vincent asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told her the findings were inconclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s eyes hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedicine requires confirmation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd did you confirm them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent took another step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked down at his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is where this becomes complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake it simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked toward Torres.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney whispered something.<\/p>\n<p>Blake shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>Then he said, \u201cRichard Cole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent did not react at first.<\/p>\n<p>The name simply seemed to land somewhere inside him and remain there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy CFO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re saying Richard told you not to investigate my children\u2019s abnormal tests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me the results were connected to a private family matter and that Isabella was becoming unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you listen to him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he showed me documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake breathed in slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecords indicating Isabella had obtained experimental compounds through one of Moretti Holdings\u2019 research subsidiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have medical research subsidiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlton Biochemical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat company made industrial solvents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd specialty compounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sold it five years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot completely. A holding vehicle retained certain patents and inventory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent looked at Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves gave a small nod.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there was truth somewhere in that.<\/p>\n<p>Blake continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard suggested Isabella might have accidentally exposed the boys while investigating those materials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou believed him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed it was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Isabella begged me not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe believed Richard was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvolved in what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn whatever was happening to the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe thought someone was using them to pressure you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe never knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said she found chemical exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe found signs consistent with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe started investigating employees, contractors, anyone with access to the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remembered Lucas describing his mother moving the beds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe found the ventilation line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room seemed to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few weeks before the crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s hands curled into fists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe found part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she find the dispenser?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe called me from the house one night. She said there was an unfamiliar duct behind the boys\u2019 wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told her not to touch it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recovered message flashed through my mind.<\/p>\n<p>DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING.<\/p>\n<p>Same words.<\/p>\n<p>Same instinct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if chemicals were involved, disturbing the system could expose her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the reasonable explanation,\u201d I said. \u201cWhat\u2019s the real one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve already decided I\u2019m guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. But every time danger appears, your first concern seems to be the device rather than the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked away.<\/p>\n<p>That mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Torres leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Blake, were you aware of the hidden dispenser before today?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s attorney immediately said, \u201cDo not answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>Torres wrote something in her notebook.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s voice dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trusted you with my sons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something in Vincent\u2019s tone finally reached him.<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s posture sagged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew there was a mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince when?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent shut his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not install it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho filled it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI monitored the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent moved so quickly Reeves stepped between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou monitored them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake raised both hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to understand the exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou watched them get sicker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to reduce the dose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>The room froze.<\/p>\n<p>Even his attorney turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent spoke very softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake realized what he had said.<\/p>\n<p>Too late.<\/p>\n<p>Torres leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat dose, Doctor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His attorney put one hand firmly on Blake\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Blake said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should stop talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m already in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are making that worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked at Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t start it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou keep saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou adjusted it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sent observations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the prepaid number?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose number?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is becoming impossible to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s voice rose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think whoever set this up introduced themselves?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did they threaten you with?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question came from me.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looked over.<\/p>\n<p>Blake stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy assume I was threatened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if you wanted the boys dead, you could have ignored them. Instead, messages show you arguing to reduce the exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His attorney looked displeased that I had said it.<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked tired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinancial transfers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYours?\u201d Torres asked.<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKickbacks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago, I accepted money from pharmaceutical representatives for steering private patients toward certain treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres\u2019s expression did not change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUndisclosed. Ethically indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd someone found out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey blackmailed you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>His face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me the exposure was controlled. Mild. Temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stared at him as though he had become a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou believed someone secretly dosing children was mild?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believed they were measuring something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s voice shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that was enough?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I could protect them by staying involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou protected yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>Torres tapped her pen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s return to Isabella Moretti.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened the day she died?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat she had proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wouldn\u2019t say over the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you meet her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere you supposed to?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was going to meet you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt my office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe never arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she crashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you hear about the accident?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround forty minutes afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s answer came slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent looked at Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard knew before you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed someone from the house called him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves stepped away and made a call.<\/p>\n<p>Torres continued questioning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Mrs. Moretti seem suicidal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntoxicated?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfused?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgitated?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn what way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was frightened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s eyes closed.<\/p>\n<p>That single word seemed to hurt him more than anything else Blake had said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe kept telling me she had been right,\u201d Blake continued. \u201cShe said she had finally found where the material was being introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duct?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said someone close to Vincent was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wouldn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she wanted proof first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves returned.<\/p>\n<p>His expression was grim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe original accident file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was something unusual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He held up his phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabella\u2019s car struck the barrier on Route 123 at 6:18 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent nodded impatiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first emergency call came at 6:20.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard Cole called Blake at 6:11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody moved.<\/p>\n<p>Blake stared at Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in the phone records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s face emptied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven minutes before the crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d Torres asked Blake.<\/p>\n<p>Blake shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou remember receiving a call about Isabella forty minutes after the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was another call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Richard contacted you twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s breathing had changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the first call?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His attorney leaned close.<\/p>\n<p>Blake waved him away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stepped toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake squeezed his eyes shut.<\/p>\n<p>Silence stretched.<\/p>\n<p>Then his face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Not recognition exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked where Isabella was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent whispered, \u201cBefore she crashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat she was coming to my office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you tell him her route?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent turned away.<\/p>\n<p>Torres said, \u201cWhy would Richard ask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake rubbed both hands over his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he needed to speak with her urgently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves\u2019s phone rang again.<\/p>\n<p>He answered.<\/p>\n<p>Listened.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes rose toward Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat now?\u201d Vincent asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Dr. Ortega.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctor Isabella used for the private tests?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet him here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe died three years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent cursed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d Reeves added, \u201chis widow kept some of his files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has Isabella\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincent stood perfectly still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s in them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a note attached to the file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat note?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says Dr. Ortega was instructed to release the records only if Isabella died unexpectedly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The words chilled the room.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent\u2019s voice became barely audible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reeves looked directly at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Lucas and Leo\u2019s father.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=5880\">Click here to continue reading: PART 7: Isabella\u2019s Secret Medical File Revealed What Was Entering the Twins\u2019 Rooms and Why Someone Needed Vincent to Stay Confused<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent refused Blake\u2019s condition. \u201cIf he wants to talk,\u201d he said, \u201che talks in front of witnesses.\u201d Reeves agreed. 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