Chapter 16 — Twenty-Eight Years Ago

Lucinda’s lead attorney stepped forward and addressed the stunned room.

“Twenty-eight years ago, Lucinda Carrington’s infant daughter was taken during a corporate-espionage attack.

Forged death certificates and paid intermediaries convinced the authorities the child had died in a fire.

The man who orchestrated that attack — who built his first fortune on the ransom and the stolen patents — was Baxter Ostrander.

Your father, Dexter.”