Chapter 9 - THE MOTHER WHO REMEMBERED
Camila Russo's memories came and went.
Some days she recognized Vincent.
Other days she believed he was still a teenager.
But certain memories remained unusually vivid.
The night Michael disappeared was one of them.
When investigators spoke with her, Camila became distressed.
Her doctors advised careful, limited questioning.
With appropriate support, she described hearing an argument in the basement.
Thomas had been furious.
Michael had threatened to expose illegal financial records.
Then there was violence.
Camila remembered seeing Michael carried away.
She had tried to intervene.
Thomas threatened her.
Afterward, she was told Michael had died.
But Camila had later discovered payments to a medical facility.
She had kept the information hidden.
Fear had silenced her.
Now, years later, she finally spoke.
Vincent listened from another room.
His eyes filled.
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For years, he'd believed his mother remembered nothing.
Now he realized she had been carrying a secret too terrible to forget.
