The courtroom exploded the second Vivian spoke the name.
"…Mitchell."
Reporters immediately began shouting over one another.
"Who is Mitchell?" "Was she a hospital employee?" "Where is she now?" "Is she connected to the Vale family?"
The judge slammed the gavel repeatedly.
"ORDER!"
But order no longer existed.
Not after the footage. Not after the swap had been proven in front of the entire city.
On the projector screen, Mitchell's face remained frozen beside the footage frame.
Young. Calm. Ordinary.
Which somehow made everything worse.
Because evil rarely looked frightening when it started.
Sebastian's expression darkened immediately.
"You know her?"
Vivian swallowed hard, eyes still fixed on the screen.
"Yes."
The courtroom quieted slightly.
"She was one of the nurses on duty the night I gave birth."
That landed hard. Even the reporters paused.
Vivian's breathing became uneven as memories returned in fragments.
