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Chapter 3 - The Doctor’s Confession

Dr. Harrison’s smile didn’t even reach his eyes. He stood in the expansive foyer, his polished leather shoes clicking against the marble floor, completely comfortable in a house where cruelty wore the mask of high society.

“Ah, Sebastian,” Dr. Harrison said, extending a hand as if we were meeting at a charity gala. “I didn't expect to see you here today. Shouldn't you be in Chicago preparing for the acquisition?”

I didn't take his hand. I let my arm hang loosely at my side, my eyes locked onto his face with a gaze so intense that the doctor’s hand slowly drifted back down to his side, his professional smile faltering just a fraction.

“The acquisition can wait, Doctor,” I said, my voice dangerously quiet. “Step into the study.”

Margaret stepped forward, her face tightening with alarm. “Sebastian, don't be absurd. Dr. Harrison has appointments—schedules to keep—”

“I said, into the study,” I repeated, turning my head slightly to look at her. The sheer authority in my tone made her swallow the rest of her sentence.

I turned on my heel and walked toward the double doors of the mahogany-paneled study. Dr. Harrison hesitated for a second, glancing nervously at Margaret, who gave him a sharp nod. Reluctantly, the doctor followed me inside, closing the heavy wooden doors behind us.

The study was dark, illuminated only by the afternoon sunlight filtering through heavy velvet drapes. My private desk sat at the far end of the room, upon which rested the forgotten contract folder that had brought me back to this hellhole in the first place.

“Sit down,” I ordered, pointing to the leather armchair in front of the desk.

Dr. Harrison adjusted his tie, regaining a veneer of professional arrogance. “Now see here, Sebastian. I am a licensed medical professional. I have attended to elite families across this state. You may be a billionaire CEO, but you do not speak to me like a subordinate in your office.”

“You’re right, Doctor,” I said as I walked around the desk, pulling the encrypted PDF file up on my computer monitor and turning it so he could see it clearly. “In my office, subordinates have competence. What you have is a criminal record waiting to be written.”

Dr. Harrison glanced at the screen, and the color drained instantly from his face. His carefully cultivated composure cracked wide open. The medical charts, the illegal tissue-harvesting waivers, the financial kickbacks wired from offshore accounts controlled by my mother—it was all there, laid out in undeniable detail.

“This... this is fabricated,” the doctor stammered, his voice pitching an octave higher. “A privacy violation! I will sue you for—”

“You’ll sue me?” I interrupted, leaning forward over the desk, resting my weight on my knuckles. “With what license? The one the medical board is going to revoke the second I forward this file to the state attorney general? Or perhaps the federal indictment for conspiracy to traffic human biological material?”

Dr. Harrison slumped back into the armchair, the fight completely draining out of him. He wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead with a trembling hand.

“It... it wasn't my idea,” the doctor whispered, his voice shaking. “Margaret... your mother approached me six months ago. Ryan’s condition was deteriorating rapidly. He was blackmailed by loan sharks in Chicago, and his kidneys were failing. Your mother... she threatened to ruin my practice, to expose malpractice settlements from my past that she had somehow uncovered, if I didn't cooperate with her plan.”

“Her plan to use my wife’s pregnancy as a biological farm for my brother,” I finished for him, each word dripping with venom.

“She said... she said Claire was replaceable,” Dr. Harrison confessed, staring down at his polished shoes. “She said you were too busy with your company to notice small discrepancies in Claire’s health reports. She had me falsify the prenatal logs, substitute nutritional supplements with placebos to keep Claire weak and compliant, and schedule an induced delivery for next week under the guise of medical necessity.”

“And the baby?” I asked, my voice barely audible over the hum of the computer. “What were you going to do with my son after the delivery?”

“Extract the cord blood, harvest the initial tissue samples, and place the infant in a private recovery facility in Wisconsin under a pseudonym,” Dr. Harrison whispered, closing his eyes in defeat. “While telling Claire and you that... that there had been a tragic birth complication.”

Silence filled the study, heavy and suffocating.

I stood straight, my mind racing through every calculated move required to dismantle this conspiracy piece by piece. My mother thought she held all the cards. She thought money, blackmail, and family loyalty would protect her. She didn't realize that I owned the very infrastructure she relied on, and that my vengeance would be swift, surgical, and absolute.

“Here is what is going to happen, Doctor,” I said, my voice cold as ice. “You are going to take your briefcase, walk out of this house, and go straight to your office. You will compile every single physical record, text message, email, and financial transfer between my mother and yourself, and you will email them to my private legal team within one hour.”

Dr. Harrison looked up, hope flickering in his terrified eyes. “And... and if I do?”

“If you do, I will ensure you are only struck off the medical register instead of spending the next twenty years sharing a cell with violent criminals,” I replied smoothly. “If you don't, you will wish you had never been born.”

The doctor nodded frantically, grabbing his briefcase, stumbling toward the study doors, and fleeing the estate without uttering another word.

I watched him go, then turned back to the desk. I picked up my phone, dialed my chief of corporate security, and tapped the speakerphone button.

“Director Vance,” I said as soon as the line connected.

“Sir? I thought you were in Chicago for the acquisition meeting,” Director Vance’s voice came through clearly.

“Cancel the Chicago meeting. Reroute the entire legal and security division to my Lake Forest estate immediately,” I commanded, my voice echoing in the silent study. “Lock down the perimeter. No one enters, and no one leaves—especially my mother, Margaret Carter.”

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“Understood, sir. What’s the situation?”

“We’re taking back my home,” I said, hanging up the phone.

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