Part 2: Before my husband passed away, he asked me to deliver a sealed letter to a woman I'd never met — after she read the first line, she looked at me and asked, "Did he tell you everything?"

But that afternoon, Sarah asked me to come to the station.

When I arrived, she looked deeply troubled.

"Mara, we've learned why Zane disappeared."

My heart tightened.

"Why?"

"He says someone threatened Emily and Julia."

I closed my eyes.

"Who?"

"Dr. Voss's former business partner."

I stared at her.

"Is Voss alive?"

"Yes. We're trying to locate him."

My stomach turned.

Sarah continued.

"Zane also gave us old financial records and correspondence connected to the placements."

I looked down.

Then asked the question I'd been avoiding.

"Did he know Julia was my daughter?"

Sarah hesitated.

"His statements suggest he knew more than he admitted to you."

I swallowed.

"Then why did he let Catherine raise her?"

"That's still under investigation."

I felt tears filling my eyes.

But Sarah wasn't finished.

"There's another document."

She placed a laboratory report before me.

It was more recent than the others.

Prepared only eleven months earlier.