found his voice.
“This is absurd.”
Nobody looked at him.
Catalina continued.
“The hospital reported a fire that night.”
Her voice hardened.
“Records disappeared.”
One of her attorneys stepped forward.
“We discovered that several infants were illegally transferred through a child-trafficking network operating between hospitals and private adoption agencies.”
A collective gasp moved through the courtroom.
The attorney opened a thick binder.
“The organization falsified birth certificates and destroyed original records.”
He placed several documents before the judge.
“We have DNA evidence.”
Judge Rivas stared at the papers.
His face
