The report spoke of extreme fatigue, organ damage, suppression of normal functions. This wasn’t a “strong treatment.”
It was dangerous.
The same name appeared again and again on the prescriptions:
Dr. Atticus Morrow.
Julia showed the report to Richard. She told him everything—plainly, calmly. The truth didn’t need drama.
Richard’s face drained of color. His hands trembled.
“I trusted him,” he whispered. “He promised he could save her.”
What followed wasn’t shouting.
It was worse.
A quiet decision.
Richard used his contacts, opened old files, searched for histories. Julia dug through forums, forgotten news articles, buried testimonies. The pieces fit together with cruel precision.
Other children. Other families. Silenced stories.
Richard and Julia understood something that bound them together: staying silent would make them part of the same silence that had almost killed Luna.
They brought the case to the prosecutor.
A formal investigation began.