Police Officer: Mrs. Vance, are you absolutely certain this is the boy who vanished in 2022?
Eleanor: I am his mother! Look at his medical records, look at the birthmark on his face!
Police Officer: The DNA test will take a few hours to process officially, but we have already dispatched units to the address he provided.
Thomas: Mom, don't leave me alone in this room.
Eleanor: I am never leaving your side again, Thomas. Never.
Lily: Here, Thomas, you can play with my toy car while we wait.
Thomas: I haven't seen a toy like this in years... Uncle Richard took all my stuff.
Eleanor: Did Richard ever mention why he was keeping you, Thomas?
Thomas: He kept talking about a will and an estate. He made me sign papers every year on my birthday.
Eleanor: He made a minor child sign financial papers?
Detective Vance: Mrs. Vance, I just spoke to our legal department. If Richard was keeping him hidden, it was to control the trust fund your late husband left behind.
Eleanor: It was worth fifteen million dollars. He forced me into a legal battle over control of the estate last month.
Detective Vance: He was trying to clear the path to transfer the funds into an offshore account before Thomas turned eighteen.
Eleanor: He kidnapped my son for money!
Thomas: He said if I died, he’d get all the money anyway.
Eleanor: Oh God... he was going to hurt you permanently, wasn't he?
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