Chapter 11: The Confession on the Record**
"Turn off the power!" Victoria shrieked, losing every shred of her polished composure. "Security, arrest these trespassers!" But no guard moved. Julian walked out from the wings, stepping up to the microphone at the secondary lectern. His face was pale, but his voice resonated across the live broadcast feed to millions of viewers.
"My mother is lying," Julian said into the microphone, his hands trembling as he laid the original hospital admission records on the podium. "Seven years ago, my family stole a child from an eighteen-year-old mother and paid off public officials to falsify his death. Leo is Claire’s son. And I was too much of a coward to stop it." Victoria lunged toward her son, but Julian stepped away, turning to look at Claire as she reached the foot of the stage. The silence that fell over the room this time was final, absolute, and unforgiving.
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