He could barely look at her.
“But after what happened,” Claire continued, “my father reopened everything.”
Ryan looked at General Bennett.
The general’s face was stone.
Claire’s voice dropped lower.
“And they found something I missed.”
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Ryan felt his pulse hammering.
“What?”
Claire’s eyes filled with grief so deep it frightened him.
“They found hospital records.”
Ryan stared blankly.
“What hospital records?”
She turned away for a moment, gathering strength. Then she looked back at him.
“Records showing your mother had access to my prenatal files.”
Ryan went cold.
“No.”
“She knew about my blood pressure. She knew the risk. She knew exactly what could happen if I didn’t get care quickly.”
Ryan’s lips trembled.
“She wouldn’t do that.”
Claire’s expression hardened.
“She answered the hospital calls and told them not to contact you again.”
Ryan remembered his mother’s bright smile, the champagne, the music, and her hand squeezing his shoulder as she said, “Tonight is about family.”
