Her hospital gown showed under an oversized coat.
Tessa.
Blood ran down one of her legs.
Two state troopers rushed behind her.
She lowered the gun.
Detective Cole drove us away.
By sunrise, Bellweather Family Center was surrounded by state police and federal agents.
Dr. Voss was arrested while trying to leave through a maintenance tunnel.
Detective Harris survived.
So did Caroline.
The files on Emily’s drive led investigators to 23 children born through illegal embryo transfers.
Some were still infants.
Others were nearly teenagers.
Not every family had known.
Some parents believed they had followed every legal process.
Grace’s case became the center of the investigation.
Genetic testing confirmed what Emily already knew.
The embryo had been created from Emily’s egg and Jake’s sperm.
Biologically, Grace was their daughter.
But Tessa had carried her.
