Chapter 16

Upstairs, Lester paid no heed to her departure, immediately opening the USB drive. The drive launched directly into an audio recording. Before Lester could process what was happening, he recognized the voice. So that was it. While he'd been dealing with that greedy doctor, Lorraine had been listening in all along. She'd heard how he'd swapped her daughter's heart, how he'd bribed her daughter's attending physician, how he'd killed her daughter. Lester finally lost control, violently coughing up a mouthful of blood. These past days, working tirelessly to find Lorraine had already pushed his body to its limits. This devastating news crushed him completely. He dared not imagine how heartbroken Lorraine would be upon learning the truth. But he truly hadn't meant to do this. He'd mistakenly believed his daughter's surgery hadn't started yet. He thought if he held out a little longer, she could wait for a second heart. Lester never imagined the surgery had already begun, and his actions had