David motioned for Elena to sit down on the plush velvet sofa inside the library.
He could not take his eyes off his sleeping son nestled safely in her arms.
The young woman held the baby with an ease that seemed deeply natural and practiced.
David felt a strange knot form in the pit of his heavy stomach.
He had paid millions of dollars to a high-end private adoption agency last year.
Clara had insisted on using an exclusive agency to handle their private family planning.
She said it was the best way to secure their future family line quietly.
David: What did you mean by your comment about his mother, Elena?
Elena: I think you have been lied to by the people around you, sir.
David: That is a very serious claim to make against my family and agency.
Elena: Look closely at this gold locket I wear around my neck every day.
Elena used one hand to pull a thin gold chain from beneath her maroon collar.
She popped open the small oval locket and handed it over to the wealthy businessman.
Inside was a tiny photograph of a young woman holding a newborn baby boy.
The baby in the photograph wore a distinct crescent-shaped birthmark right behind his left ear.
David gasped as he leaned forward to inspect the small photograph under the light.
He knew that exact same birthmark was located behind little Nico's left ear.
David: Where did you get this photograph?
Elena: That is my sister, Sarah, holding her biological child eight months ago.
David: This cannot be true.
David: Clara told me we adopted Nico directly from a medical center in California.
Elena: My sister was told her baby died during childbirth at the hospital.
Elena: But she found records showing a wealthy family paid off the attending doctor.
David felt his world spin out of control as he absorbed the terrible truth.
He realized his wife had orchestrated a dark scheme using their massive family fortune.
Clara had faked a legitimate legal adoption to cover up an illegal baby theft.
She wanted a child to secure her share of the massive Vericci trust fund.
Elena had applied for the maid job specifically to search for her missing nephew.
She recognized the family name from legal papers her private investigator discovered last week.
David: My wife took your sister's baby and told me it was legal?
Elena: Yes, sir, and my sister has been heartbroken ever since that day.
David: I will not allow this injustice to stand for another single minute.
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