The Hawthorne family had the finest intelligence network in the world, but Damien could not bring himself to wait. He had to learn the truth himself.
Strangely, when he arrived at Cedar Vale Medical Center, fear took hold of him. A secret, fragile hope flickered in his chest, that perhaps Seraphina truly had escaped. But beneath it lay the dread that she had died at the hands of the Beaumont siblings.
Word that Damien had walked out on his own wedding to come straight to the hospital sent the director scrambling to offer his full cooperation. Damien spared his subordinates the trouble. "Bring me Seraphina's surgical records."
The nurse's fingers shook so badly she mistyped the entry several times, on the verge of tears. "I'm sorry, Mr. Hawthorne. We don't have her records here."
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