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Julian let out a long, shaky breath and leaned back in his chair.

“We got it,” Julian said. “The entire genetic backup is secured on our private server.”

“And the security footage?” Samuel asked.

“Saved,” Julian said. “Every single frame of him breaking in and smashing those drives.”

“That’s his end,” Samuel said quietly. “He just destroyed his own defense.”

“What do we do now?” I asked.

“We prepare for tomorrow morning,” Samuel said, looking at the clock on the wall. “The custody hearing starts in six hours.”

I looked at the black screen where the clinic cameras had been.

I knew Ethan thought he had won.

He was probably driving away right now, thinking he had erased the only proof of his betrayal.

He didn’t know we had watched him do it.

“Go get some rest, Claire,” Samuel said, his voice gentle. “You’re going to need your strength.”

But I knew I wouldn’t sleep.

The image of Ethan’s desperate, angry face was burned into my mind.

We stayed in Samuel’s office for the remaining hours of the night.