{"id":23619,"date":"2026-09-28T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23619"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:07:21","slug":"part-15-sophies-rescue-required-more-than-opening-a-door-and-her-memory-of-rachel-exposed-the-lie-that-kept-her-hidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23619","title":{"rendered":"PART 15 \u2013 Sophie\u2019s Rescue Required More Than Opening a Door, and Her Memory of Rachel Exposed the Lie That Kept Her Hidden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No officer rushed into Cedar Grove.<\/p>\n<p>That decision frustrated some people watching from outside, but Carter refused to turn rescue into another trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Diane Ross surrendered first.<\/p>\n<p>She walked across the grass with her hands visible and allowed officers to cuff her.<\/p>\n<p>She did not resist.<\/p>\n<p>As they searched her, she said, \u201cYou need someone the children recognize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d Carter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re under arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect us to send you back inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect you to understand that uniforms frighten them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter did understand.<\/p>\n<p>That did not mean she trusted Diane.<\/p>\n<p>A child psychologist joined the tactical team.<\/p>\n<p>So did Karen Wallace by video from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The first children emerged slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Two boys.<\/p>\n<p>Three girls.<\/p>\n<p>Then another boy.<\/p>\n<p>Some were listed as missing.<\/p>\n<p>Others were not.<\/p>\n<p>One child had lived under a false identity for six years.<\/p>\n<p>Another believed the woman who paid Victor for him was his biological aunt.<\/p>\n<p>The legal consequences would take years to untangle.<\/p>\n<p>But tonight, the priority was safety.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie did not come out.<\/p>\n<p>Diane explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s in Cabin Four.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArmed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy won\u2019t she leave?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she remembers more than the others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does she remember?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary stepped closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Rachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diane hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe remembers Rachel trying to save her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That contradicted the story Sophie had apparently been taught about police.<\/p>\n<p>Carter asked, \u201cThen why stay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Victor told her Rachel died because Sophie trusted the wrong people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe blamed a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you repeated it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diane looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No excuse followed.<\/p>\n<p>Carter appreciated that more than the defenses she had heard from Reeves, Benton and Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>Not enough to forgive anything.<\/p>\n<p>Enough to keep listening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you tell Sophie about her mother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Angela was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary stared.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Reed was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Still searching.<\/p>\n<p>Still filing requests.<\/p>\n<p>Still insisting her daughter had been taken.<\/p>\n<p>The woman labeled paranoid had been right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Sophie know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen that\u2019s where we start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter contacted Angela.<\/p>\n<p>She was four hours away.<\/p>\n<p>When told police believed Sophie was alive, Angela stopped speaking.<\/p>\n<p>Carter heard breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Then a chair scrape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Reed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to confirm identification before making promises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have strong evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs she alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela made a sound Carter would remember for years.<\/p>\n<p>Not quite a sob.<\/p>\n<p>More like a person discovering gravity had released them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter said, \u201cDrive safely. An officer will meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Reed\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not waiting four hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen let us send someone to bring you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela agreed only because it would be faster.<\/p>\n<p>At Cabin Four, Mary approached without uniformed tactical officers visible behind her.<\/p>\n<p>She left her weapon secured.<\/p>\n<p>Diane stood farther back under guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>Mary sat on the porch step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a police officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Movement inside.<\/p>\n<p>Mary continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you may have been told police hurt your mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A voice came from behind the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes adults do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That answer produced silence.<\/p>\n<p>Mary looked toward the trees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know a girl named Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cabin went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe remembers you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A small sound came from inside.<\/p>\n<p>Mary continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe kept wondering what happened after her mom tried to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The door remained closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know Rachel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met her daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmily is alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then the door opened two inches.<\/p>\n<p>One eye appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie was eleven now.<\/p>\n<p>Four years older than the child in the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Her hair had been cut short.<\/p>\n<p>Freckles crossed her nose.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Mary as though every word required proof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is Emily?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was hurt, but she\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The door opened another inch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary felt a chill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleanor Price?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The child stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still finding people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen it\u2019s not over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary would not lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie opened the door.<\/p>\n<p>She wore jeans several sizes too large and a gray sweatshirt.<\/p>\n<p>A faded scar crossed one eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>Mary remained seated.<\/p>\n<p>She let Sophie decide the distance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Rachel dead?\u201d Sophie asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s face emptied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor said\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe lied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie backed into the cabin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said I killed her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said she tried to help me because I cried, and then she died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe survived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary recognized the pattern.<\/p>\n<p>The same disbelief Emily had shown.<\/p>\n<p>Years of a lie did not vanish because someone offered a better truth.<\/p>\n<p>Mary took out her phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can show you something if you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie stared.<\/p>\n<p>Mary opened a photograph taken that morning with Rachel\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel in her hospital bed.<\/p>\n<p>Emily beside her.<\/p>\n<p>Their hands linked.<\/p>\n<p>Mary turned the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked.<\/p>\n<p>Her knees seemed to weaken.<\/p>\n<p>She sat on the cabin floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmily got big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo did you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie touched the screen without taking the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie began crying.<\/p>\n<p>Mary stayed where she was.<\/p>\n<p>After several minutes, Sophie asked, \u201cDoes she hate me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted to know whether you were alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie wiped her face with one sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought she died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe thought she failed to save you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe almost did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary waited.<\/p>\n<p>The child spoke slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel unlocked my room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Thomas\u2019s house?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told you to run?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said we had to get Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This matched Rachel\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Thomas came home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Victor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel pushed me behind the laundry door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmily was hiding nearby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie stared at the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThomas grabbed Rachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Victor do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe found me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he hurt you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s face closed.<\/p>\n<p>Mary did not push.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did he take you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe church first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSt. Matthew\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferent places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCedar Grove?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary asked, \u201cDid you ever see Rachel again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. Maybe a year later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA room with white walls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North River Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor brought me because he wanted Rachel to see me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary felt sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said she needed to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearn what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat helping people makes things worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victor\u2019s cruelty had been deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>Not merely physical control.<\/p>\n<p>He created demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Consequences.<\/p>\n<p>He turned survivors into warnings for one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Rachel do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s mouth trembled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe smiled at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wasn\u2019t supposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing at first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor left for a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked toward Mary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel told me my mom was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary felt her pulse quicken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she found Angela\u2019s court letters before Thomas caught her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel had preserved one truth for Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else did she tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo remember my real name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Reed.<\/p>\n<p>Not whatever name Cedar Grove had given her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat name did they call you here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich do you want me to use?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The child looked toward the trees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I see my mom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fear replaced hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if she doesn\u2019t know me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if I don\u2019t know her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s okay too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie rubbed her sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember her hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary smiled faintly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds like a start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Sophie prepared to leave the cabin, investigators searched Cedar Grove.<\/p>\n<p>Diane provided keys.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Victor, she did not make them break doors.<\/p>\n<p>Records filled one office.<\/p>\n<p>Placement histories.<\/p>\n<p>False identities.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Letters intercepted from biological families.<\/p>\n<p>Some children had received mail for years without ever seeing it.<\/p>\n<p>Diane had stored the letters rather than destroy them.<\/p>\n<p>Carter asked why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself someday I\u2019d give them back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why keep them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diane looked ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause destroying them felt worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped steal years from these children, but kept the letters so you could feel different from Victor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diane accepted the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a locked cabinet, investigators found recent transfer orders.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel had planned to empty Cedar Grove within forty-eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>Destination codes appeared beside each child.<\/p>\n<p>Some had been moved already.<\/p>\n<p>One name stopped Carter.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Cole.<\/p>\n<p>Status:<\/p>\n<p>TRANSFERRED TO S.P. \/ HOLD.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Price.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan\u2019s daughter might still be alive.<\/p>\n<p>Carter immediately contacted the hospital where Samuel was being treated under guard.<\/p>\n<p>He had survived surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Conscious.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Now they had leverage of a different kind.<\/p>\n<p>Not a child.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Carter entered Samuel\u2019s guarded room that evening.<\/p>\n<p>His shoulder was immobilized.<\/p>\n<p>His face remained composed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found Cedar Grove,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked mildly disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Carter placed Hannah\u2019s transfer record where he could see it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s eyes moved to the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthan still thinks she\u2019s alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope is remarkably durable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter thought of Rachel\u2019s description.<\/p>\n<p>Hope had been Samuel\u2019s preferred restraint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is Hannah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Aaron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Rachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His smile weakened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe arrested Eleanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That hurt more.<\/p>\n<p>Carter continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor is talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lie.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel knew it might be one.<\/p>\n<p>But uncertainty mattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou built your organization on making people wonder what others had said,\u201d Carter told him. \u201cNow you get to wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is Hannah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>Carter placed another page down.<\/p>\n<p>A transfer code.<\/p>\n<p>March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts had not yet decoded it.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked at the symbol.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes changed.<\/p>\n<p>Carter caught it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou recognize that location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She took the paper back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s composure cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to tell me now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s voice sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know what March Nine means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen explain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared at her for several seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he said, \u201cIt isn\u2019t a property opening date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked toward the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened March ninth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere was home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Price\u2019s childhood home still existed.<\/p>\n<p>It had passed through trusts and relatives until disappearing inside a corporate ownership structure.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators located it within an hour.<\/p>\n<p>A large Victorian house forty miles west.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly hidden by woodland.<\/p>\n<p>Property taxes paid automatically.<\/p>\n<p>No registered residents.<\/p>\n<p>Carter looked at the aerial image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHannah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then an analyst noticed something else.<\/p>\n<p>The house had received regular grocery deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>Not large enough for many people.<\/p>\n<p>Enough for two or three.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent delivery had occurred that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Someone was there.<\/p>\n<p>Carter ordered surveillance rather than immediate entry.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:43 p.m., a camera captured a young woman stepping briefly onto the back porch.<\/p>\n<p>She carried a trash bag.<\/p>\n<p>Dark hair.<\/p>\n<p>Thin.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately sixteen.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators compared the image with age-progression software.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Cole.<\/p>\n<p>Probability high.<\/p>\n<p>Mary stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Hannah was not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Seconds later, another person appeared behind her.<\/p>\n<p>A woman.<\/p>\n<p>Older.<\/p>\n<p>Gray hair pulled into a knot.<\/p>\n<p>The camera captured her face.<\/p>\n<p>Carter recognized it from Price\u2019s family photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor and Samuel had another sibling.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Price.<\/p>\n<p>Official records listed her as deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel looked at Carter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many dead people are still running this thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least one more than we knew about.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=23620\">Click here to continue reading: PART 16: Hannah Was Found Alive in the Price Family Home, but Margaret Revealed Why the Network Had Never Truly Belonged to Victor<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No officer rushed into Cedar Grove. 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