Chapter 1 - The Birth Certificate That Could Destroy a Family
“If you drop those glasses, Megan, you’ll lose your job—and the apartment that comes with it.”
Charlotte Winslow smiled as she threatened the seven-months-pregnant maid at her million-dollar wedding.
Megan Parker had been working for nine hours. Her husband had died eight months earlier, and the apartment provided by her employer was the only home she could offer their unborn child.
Across the luxurious Louisiana courtyard, Vincent DeMarco noticed her struggling.
The forty-three-year-old New Orleans Mafia boss approached just as Megan spotted an older gentleman near the fountain.
His name was Dr. Thomas Sullivan.
And Megan was terrified of him.
“That’s the doctor,” she whispered. “The one who signed the birth certificate.”
Before Vincent could question her, Megan collapsed.
Champagne glasses shattered across the stones.
Charlotte complained about the ruined reception, but Vincent demanded an ambulance.
When Sullivan offered to transfer Megan to another hospital, she begged Vincent to refuse.
Hours later, safely admitted to Lakeside Memorial, Megan revealed a disturbing secret.
Three weeks earlier, she had discovered three birth certificates hidden among Charlotte’s private documents.
One was dated 2025, although it carried the signature of a doctor from St. Catherine’s Women’s Hospital—a facility that had officially closed fifteen years earlier.
Another document mentioned the DeMarco family.
There was also a photograph of a little blonde girl wearing the family crest.
Vincent ordered his security chief, Anthony, to investigate.
The mansion's surveillance footage showed Charlotte accessing the family archive with an identification card belonging to Vincent’s father, who had been dead for twelve years.
Only three men knew the archive's safe combination.
Vincent.
Anthony.
And Vincent’s younger brother, Luca.
Confronted, Charlotte admitted Luca had helped her.
Then Anthony discovered that Luca had visited a private maternity facility operating on the old St. Catherine’s property.
Worse, someone had authorized Megan’s transfer there three days before the wedding.
The authorization bore Charlotte’s name.
Suddenly, Vincent received a desperate message from Megan.
Someone had entered her hospital room, claiming he had come to take her baby.
As Vincent prepared to leave, Charlotte appeared with a sealed envelope.
“Before you go after Megan,” she whispered, “you need to know who she really is.”
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Then she looked at the birth certificate inside.
“If you open this, Vincent, you’ll never look at your brother the same way again.”
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