Chapter 6 - The Ghost in the Ink
Ethan violently kicked his leg free from Corinne’s desperate grasp, completely ignoring her pathetic, hysterical screaming. His large hands reached into the antique cabinet and pulled out the thick, heavy stack of sealed documents. The heavy manila folder was securely bound with thick red legal tape, completely out of place among old diaries or bills.
He ripped the thick tape off and flipped the heavy folder open.
The camera angle of the room seemed to violently shift as Ethan stared down at the crisp white papers. The absolutely blinding, apocalyptic rage that had consumed his face only seconds ago completely, instantly disappeared.
His intense brown eyes widened to an impossible degree. All the blood violently drained from his face, leaving his skin a deathly, sickeningly pale white. His breathing completely halted in his chest, his strong, muscular hands beginning to shake uncontrollably.
He wasn't looking at old medical bills. He wasn't looking at a diary.
He was looking at a fully authorized, legally stamped Certificate of Patient Transfer from the exact hospital where his late wife, Sarah, had supposedly died. But the date on the transfer document wasn't from the day she passed away. The document was dated exactly four weeks after he had buried a sealed, closed casket in the cemetery.
Stapled directly beneath it was a massive, highly illegal financial wire transfer receipt. Five million dollars had been wired from Corinne’s private offshore trust fund directly into the personal account of the Chief Medical Examiner who had signed Sarah's death certificate.
Ethan stared at the impossible, mind-shattering words printed in black ink: Patient Status: Alive. Transferred to Blackwood Private Psychiatric Facility.
Sarah wasn't dead. His beautiful wife, the mother of his child, was breathing, suffering, and locked away in a corrupt asylum.
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Corinne watched from the floor in absolute terror as the terrifying realization completely broke her husband's mind.
👉 How will the shattered father react to the woman who faked his wife's death and stole his life?
