CHAPTER 8 — “The Billionaire Who Didn't Know He Was Stolen”
Three weeks later...
The search for Grace's missing son became international news.
DNA databases.
Hospital archives.
Private investigators.
Nothing.
It was as if the little boy had vanished from history.
Grace refused to give up.
Every morning she visited the old hospital.
Every evening she read thousands of adoption records.
Richard searched beside her.
For the first time in twenty years...
They were fighting for the same dream.
Then one afternoon...
The investigator burst into Richard's office.
"We found something."
Everyone rushed into the conference room.
On the screen appeared an old surveillance photo from twenty-one years earlier.
A nurse carrying two newborn babies.
One wore a pink identification bracelet.
The other...
Blue.
The investigator zoomed in.
The blue bracelet showed only one handwritten word.
"Baby A."
Another file appeared.
A secret bank transfer worth fifty million dollars.
The recipient's name had been hidden for decades.
Until now.
The screen revealed it.
Harrison Sterling.
America's most powerful billionaire.
The founder of Sterling Technologies.
The man who had recently announced his retirement.
Grace whispered,
"He bought my son?"
The investigator shook his head.
"No."
"He adopted him."
"But according to our records..."
"...he never knew the child had been stolen."
Richard frowned.
"So where is he now?"
The investigator clicked to the final file.
A recent photograph filled the screen.
Standing on the balcony of Sterling Tower...
Was a confident young billionaire in his late twenties.
Sharp jawline.
Gray eyes.
The exact same eyes as Grace.
The exact same smile as Richard.
Vanessa gasped.
"He looks..."
"...just like us."
Grace couldn't stop crying.
"My son..."
The investigator slowly revealed the young man's name.
Ethan Sterling.
CEO.
Billionaire.
One of the youngest business leaders in America.
A man who had spent his entire life believing he was an only child.
At that exact moment...
Hundreds of miles away...
Ethan was sitting inside Sterling Tower signing merger documents.
His assistant entered the office.
"Sir..."
"There's a woman downstairs."
"She says she isn't here for your money."
Ethan didn't even look up.
"What does she want?"
The assistant swallowed nervously.
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"She says..."
"...she's your mother."
