Julian told them the child was a trespasser, that someone had just left him at their gate, and that he had no connection to them.
"I can cover the medical bills, just consider it a good deed. But we don't know him. You can call the police."
The hospital then contacted the authorities.
The police had a delicate relationship with Julian, but they still brought Oliver over for a visit.
Oliver pointed at Isabel and declared, "She's my mom."
Isabel met his red-rimmed eyes without a flicker of emotion.
"I don't know him. I have my own child."
She gestured toward Edmund. "This is my son with Mr. Reed. My identity can also be verified; I'm from the Durantin family in the Fiorhaven Principality."
If she was a foreign national, the procedure became more complicated.
The Aurelia City police couldn't just take her away.
Their only option was to take Oliver back to the station.
They asked him about his father.
Oliver sat on a cold, metal chair, clutching a disposable paper cup of hot water a police officer had given him.
He didn't want to drink it.
He didn't want to be here.
But he couldn't prove Isabel was his mother.
And yet, she was.
It was only in this moment that he realized his mother might really not want him anymore.
So, after a long silence, he gave them Adrian's number.
Upon hearing the name Adrian, the police sensed the complexity of the situation.
In the end, their superior had to make the call to Adrian himself.
"Mr. Blackwell, good day. This is the Aurelia City Police Department. Your son..."

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