Chapter 8 - The Bill of Sale
Inside the dark interior of the safe sat stacks of cash, offshore bank ledgers, and a thick, yellowed manila folder marked: ST. JUDE CLINIC - 2008.
Susan’s hands trembled violently as she pulled out the folder and opened it under the desk lamp.
Inside was the original, unredacted surgical record signed by Dr. Victor Vance—a disgraced surgeon whose medical license had been revoked three years prior.
Attached to the medical file was a legal document titled: PRIVATE ORGAN TRANSFER & INDEMNITY AGREEMENT.
The document explicitly detailed the sale of Susan Vance’s left kidney to Julian Sterling for the sum of $650,000.
On the signature line for the donor, Arthur had forged Susan’s signature. But right below her forged name was Arthur’s own genuine signature as witness and legal proxy, alongside a notarized bank transfer receipt showing the money wired directly into Arthur's secret personal account.
Even worse, attached to the back was a medical report Arthur had hidden from her: the back-alley surgery had caused permanent reproductive tissue damage, explaining why Susan had been unable to conceive children after 2008.
Arthur had knowingly sacrificed her dream of becoming a mother for six hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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Susan fell to her knees on the rug, clutching the paper to her chest as heartbreaking sobs racked her body.
👉 Who did Susan call in the middle of the night to help her bring down Arthur and the Sterlings?
