The first record dated back 31 years.
A baby named Daniel Michael Mercer had p.a.s.s.e.d away before his first birthday.
Two years later, school records appeared for another child using that name.
The guardian listed was Marjorie Voss.
Later, she married the real Daniel’s uncle and became Marjorie Mercer.
The child living under the borrowed identity was her biological son.
His original name was Nolan Voss.
She had hidden him inside the identity of a child who had p.a.s.s.e.d away to access survivor benefits, insurance money, and a trust connected to the Mercer family.
The man I married knew.
He had known enough to help Marjorie target other women while occasionally using his original name.
But the final document inside the box was not about him.
It carried my maiden name.
Adrienne Hart.
The date showed I had been three years old.
