, dragging a single, worn-out suitcase. She didn't look b

you contact the Coopers today," he called after her. Brenda h

nd walked to the c

had been her prison for ten years. She studied it the way o

reet. As the scenery blurred past the win

iately, "Ava! You finally decided to ca

aternal grandfather through a genealogy site. I only have

, pieced together from one of he

leave it to me. Give me half a day. I'll find him even if I

hort-term apartment in downtown New York, one she

guing. Brenda voiced her worry that Ava would disa

insisted she was penniless and had nowhere else to go, dis

dragging that battered suitcase through a bus stati

hospital suite in Manhattan, the

gton family, had been in a coma for months. Th

ven older brothers, stood aro

gton Corporation, stood with his arms crossed, listenin

d and entered, looking rushed. He held a table

is thrill. "CEO, we ran the global gene bank compari

econd, no one exhaled. They had been searching f

with a 99.99% genetic match. The report was linked to a new

who initiated the query was si

an immediate order. "Find her. Use every resource. I want to know

or, which had been beeping steadily, su

thinking his cond

veform on the EKG steadied, growing

d been comatose for months

a faint but clear syllable. It w

unded, unable to explai

shared joy and certainty in their eyes. It was the n

command. "Get the cars ready. We'

into her small apartment. She looked out the windo

had no idea that a powerful family had jus

. like the family's financial situation is very ordinary, maybe even poor. It's weird, t

didn't change anything-she only wanted the co

It's fine. Sen