Chapter 3 - The Child They Tried to Frame
Mark’s attorneys released the footage before investigators verified it.
Television commentators accused Laura of coaching Sophie to steal documents and manufacture an abuse claim.
Wealthy neighbors called the child manipulative.
Parents at school whispered that Sophie had learned dishonesty from her “social-climbing mother.”
Laura watched adults publicly attack an eight-year-old because the truth threatened an influential family.
“She saved my life,” Laura told reporters. “You call her dishonest because believing a child would force you to question a rich man.”
A digital expert discovered the footage had been created from years of home-security recordings.
Mark’s company used artificial intelligence to place Sophie’s face inside the law office.
Eleanor called it a security experiment.
Laura’s anger erupted.
“You stole my daughter’s face because your money could not purchase her silence.”
Sophie remembered Mark taking photographs of her from every angle and calling it a school project.
Police searched his private server.
They found fabricated videos targeting former employees, ex-girlfriends and business partners who had challenged the family.
One file was labeled LAURA—FINAL INCIDENT.
It showed a fake version of Laura attacking Mark.
The date scheduled for release was the following morning.
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But another file was more disturbing.
It contained a video of Laura’s lawyer accepting a suitcase from Eleanor.
