Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 1316 What Is the Truth

Victor's hand froze, surprise flickering in his eyes. "What do you mean?"

Paul replied, "The current Tessa Smith is an impostor. Jason asked Raymond to find his real daughter, and now that Raymond's gone, the responsibility of finding the Smith family's biological daughter has fallen to me."

He lowered his head, casually taking out a cigarette and offering it to Victor.

As Victor reached for it, Paul narrowed his eyes slightly. "Victor, all these years I've known you, I never realized you smoked."

Victor smiled coolly, lighting the cigarette with practiced ease and bringing it to his lips. "Picked it up overseas years ago. Just have one occasionally since the surgery."

Paul lit one for himself, his expression somber. "Being a doctor must be exhausting. You hardly ever take vacation, and sometimes patients die on your table only for their families to cause scenes at the hospital. What a mess."

"Have you found any leads on the Smith family's biological daughter?" Victor asked.

"It's nearly impossible. This happened over twenty years ago. Cora was pregnant when she got separated from Jason. By the time they reunited, she already had a baby girl in her arms, and they immediately returned to Vistalia. All records vanished. I suspect Cora is the key to everything, but Jason doesn't want to alert her."

Victor remained impassive as a doctor, he had little interest in high society gossip.

Paul chose to confide in him for two reasons: they were longtime friends, and Victor was notoriously discreet, his social circle limited to their small group.

Victor tossed his cigarette into the trash.

Paul, uncomfortable with Victor's smoking demeanor, offered another.

be sure to tell Alex about your

it away. "One is enough. I'll be at the hospital if you need anything.

nodded, finished his cigarette,

to call Raymond but couldn't-it had been less than three days since Raymond had taken Christopher abroad, and their communications were still under

temples, feeling the weight of an

instructed, "Focus our investigation on all hospitals within a

laptop. "The area

ten or more staff members resigned simultaneously about twenty years ago. This should help narrow our

"Yes, Mr. Adams."

been considered stable employment. Mass resignations without major incidents were unusual-unless someone was covering something up. Despite powerful forces trying to bury the past, he was determined to uncover whatever trail

we've identified a primary target: Ridgefield Hospital, about two hundred kilometers from Silver Bay City. Twenty-some years ago, eight people from the same department resigned on the same day. Our team is already tracking down these

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eyes narrowed as he gave a

Paul pulled up files on Lawrence and Richard, studying their faces

look that similar-they weren't twins,

his hand. Paul stared at the eyes for several minutes,

the eyes,

with Lawrence's enlarged photo, scrutinizing each