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    Evelyn took another sip of her coffee.


    “Even if it meant taking the fall for <i>their </i>other daughter?” <fn313e> ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???????s, ????s? ??s?? Find★Novel</fn313e>


    Evelyn’s eyes widen in shock. What kinda of family would trade on daughter for another!


    “Gege…that’s a stre-”


    “I had one of my <i>P.I.’s </i>look into the Taylors<i>. </i><i>I </i>didn’t even <i>know </i><i>they </i><i>HAD </i>two daughters, up until that ident…I thought the only <i>daughter </i><i>was </i><i>the </i>Vanessa girl.”


    Georgia pulled out another envelop.


    “<i>What’s </i><i>this</i><i>?</i>”


    Evelyn scanned the documents. The records showed proof of the hospital’s error that cause the two baby girls to be switched at birth. Evelyn could hardly believe what she was reading.


    “<i>They </i><i>were </i><i>switched </i><i>at </i><i>birth</i><i>!! </i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>believe</i><i>…</i>”


    “<i>Yeah</i><i>…</i>and <i>Josie’s </i><i>parents…</i>the ones <i>that </i><i>raised </i><i>her </i><i>up </i><i>until </i><i>she </i><i>was </i><i>eight</i><i>…</i><i>unfortunately </i><i>they </i><i>died </i><i>in </i><i>that </i><i>ne </i>crash from 2011. Looks like <i>the </i><i>Taylors </i><i>favored </i><i>the </i><i>one </i><i>they </i><i>raised </i>over <i>their </i><i>biological </i><i>daughter</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    Evelyn took a swig of water, to shocked to speak. After sitting in silence for a few moments, she looked at Georgia with weary eyes.


    “<i>How </i><i>do </i><i>you </i><i>know </i><i>she </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>driving</i><i>? </i><i>I </i><i>mean </i><i>this </i><i>just </i><i>proves-</i>”


    Georgia slid over herst piece of evidence. At the time of the ident, Josie was at the hospital with her grandmother. Evelyn’s eyes widen more as she read the report along with security camera photos of Josie leaving Memorial Hospital.


    <i>“</i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i>understand<i>…</i><i>why </i><i>would </i><i>they </i>do <i>this </i><i>to </i>her<i>?</i><i>” </i>


    Georgia slightly shook her head.


    “<i>They </i><i>didn’t </i><i>their </i><i>adoptive </i><i>daughter </i><i>to </i><i>go </i><i>to </i><i>jail</i>. <i>I’m </i><i>not </i><i>sure </i><i>why </i><i>Josie </i>agreed <i>to </i><i>it</i><i>…</i><i>but </i><i>I </i><i>did </i><i>learn </i><i>the </i><i>grandmother </i><i>was </i><i>sick</i><i>. </i><i>Stage </i><i>three </i>cancer…<i>my </i><i>guess</i>…<i>they </i><i>offered </i>to <i>help </i>her <i>in </i><i>exchange </i><i>for </i><i>Josie </i><i>going </i><i>to </i><i>prison </i><i>in </i><i>ce </i><i>of </i><i>Vanessa</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    Tears began to fall from Evelyn’s eyes. How could a family do something this horrible to their own daughter. Evenly wasn’t sure exactly what happened to Josie during the four years she was at the state prison, but after going over her report, she’d concluded the girl was obviously being abused. To learn she shouldn’t have even been there and went through something that horrific, her eyes darkened as <b>she </b>stared at a high school photo of Josie. So much life was in those beautiful eyes, and they destroyed it. Turning them into hollow shells of her former self.


    Georgia spoke next.


    <i>“</i><i>So</i><i>….</i><i>I </i><i>was </i><i>thinking </i><i>about </i><i>calling </i><i>her </i>to my <i>office </i><i>and </i>letting her <i>know </i><i>what </i>I <i>found </i>out. I <i>n </i>on <i>taking </i><i>this </i><i>to </i>1PP<b><i>.</i></b>”


    Evelyn’s eyes immediately darted up in panic.


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    <i>“</i>Gege…I don’t think that’s a good idea!<i>” </i>


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    “What!! <i>Surely </i>you don’t think <i>I’m </i>going to <i>stay </i><i>quiet </i><i>about </i><i>this</i><i>! </i><i>She </i>deserves justice and-<i>” </i>


    <i>“</i>I’m not <i>saying </i><i>I </i>don’t <i>agree</i>! I’m <i>saying</i>….I don’t <i>think </i><i>you </i><i>should </i><i>ambush </i><i>her</i><i>! </i><i>We </i>don’t know <i>the </i><i>full </i>circumstances of everything.”


    Evelyn took a deep breath. This situation was moreplicated than Georgia was giving credit for.


    “<i>Gege</i>….the <i>Taylors </i>are a <i>powerful </i>family. So we <i>have </i>to make sure we don’t end up putting <i>her </i><i>in </i>more danger. You <i>said </i>she requested to be moved from <i>that </i><i>home </i><i>because </i><i>she </i><i>was </i>concerned about her livelihood.<i>” </i>


    Georgia’s face panicked, she had been so angry about what happened to Josie that she hadn’t considered the possible fallout.


    <i>“</i>So….<i>then </i><i>what </i><i>DO </i>we <i>do</i><i>?</i>”


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    “<i>Let </i><i>me </i><i>talk </i><i>to </i><i>her </i><i>first</i>.”


    That night, Georgia and Evelyn came up with a n of action to help Josie clear her name and bring down the Taylors<b>. </b>


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    As Dr. Woods was about to answer Josie’s question, Josie noticed a picture on Dr. Woods desk. Before she realized it, she was pointing at the young man in the photo.


    <i>“</i><i>I </i><i>knew </i>I <i>saw </i><i>him </i><i>before</i><i>! </i><i>Who </i>is he??”


    Puzzled, Evelyn looked at the photo.


    “<i>That’s </i><i>my nephew </i><i>Adam </i><i>Richardson</i><i>, </i><i>he’s </i><i>an </i><i>attorney </i><i>for </i><i>one </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><irgest </i><i>firms </i><i>in </i><i>Bridgeton</i>.”


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