Twins disappeared in 2002 —21 years later, their mother finds something shocking in an online video…

One of them sang before going to sleep. The same song that’s in the internet video. Estella choked.

Twinkle twinkle little star. Yes, I never forgot it. I tried to come back, but it was already too late.

Now I want to help you. Margaret was also deceived. Like that.

Adopting his daughters wasn’t just an obsession. They were sold there was money at stake. A wealthy man, related to Vladimir Stoica, ordered binoculars with specific features.

White. Blue eyes. Blondes.

Estella fell to the ground as she sat down. No. No.

My daughters were not sold. Margaret prevented the birth. That’s why she ran away with them and lived in hiding.

The man became furious, and he started chasing her. That’s why she kept moving. That’s why you disappeared off the radar.

The revelation was shocking. What seemed to be just a personal obsession of an unstable woman, turned out to be part of something else much bigger. An international child trafficking network.

Estella asked, Who is the buyer? Andre hesitated. An influential businessman. He’s sick today.

Hardly anyone knows the story. But I can prove it. I have the contracts, the photos, the recordings.

If you want, we can meet. But on one condition. Which? Bring the girls.

They need to know. I was once a coward. I can’t continue to be.

A few days later Estella went to Lisbon where Andre arranged the meeting. It was in a discreet cafe. Estella arrived with the twins.

They were tense, but determined. Andre was a simple looking man. White hair, worn jacket.

He was carrying an old suitcase. Thank you for coming. I know it’s not easy.

He placed the briefcase on the table. It opened. They were there.

Copies of illegal adoption contracts bearing the name of Vladimir Stoyka. A file containing photographs of several children separated from their families. And in the middle, a contract with a photo of Isabella and Ana Clara from 2002.

Value, $50,000. Estella covered her mouth. The girls were in shock.

Andre explained, Margaret was supposed to hand you over to a man named Dorian Dragici, an eccentric billionaire who dreamed of creating perfect twins. But at the last moment, he changed his mind and he ran away. Ana Clara murmurs, she saved us? Yes.

Despite what he was, he stopped them from doing something much worse. Isabella asked, is this Dorian still alive? Live. But he’s on the verge of death.

And they say they’re sorry. Or maybe, just scared. With the evidence in hand, Estella handed everything over to the international police.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Vladimir Stoyka. And the investigations into Dorian’s past began. But the surprises weren’t over yet.

Estella received a letter, delivered by a mysterious lawyer. It was Dorian’s. To the girls I never met, they were part of a dark plan.

But the one they called a monster, was actually the angel protecting them. I apologize for everything. I started a fund years ago to help them when they find them.

Consider it an apology. Inside the letter were the bank details. With a balance of 1 million euros.

The twins were speechless. Isabella looked at her mother. Are we going to accept? Estella replied.

It will never be payment for what they took from us. But maybe, I can help mend lives. They used the money to open a foundation in Brazil.

North Star Project, intended to help mothers who have lost children or who have disappeared. They have helped dozens of families. They brought hope.

Margaret, still alive at the clinic, received a visit from Isabella. She looked at her with tears in her eyes. Do you hate me? No.

But I choose to remember the woman who took us away, as the one who in the end gave us back. Margaret cried for the first time in months. At the exit, Anna Clara was waiting for her sister.

The two hugged each other. We found our mother. Our history.

And now, the future. In the the sky, the star still shone. Months had passed since the day twins Isabella and Anna Clara learned the whole truth about their disappearance, the fake adoption, and the criminal network behind it.

The North Star Project was growing rapidly. Families from Brazil and other parts of the world began contacting the foundation. Sharing stories of pain, searching, and hope.

But there was one story, among all these, that would change the course of this family forever. One night, Estella was sorting through emails received by the foundation’s website, when a message titled Urgent. I met his daughters in 2003.

This caught his attention. The sender was a woman named Eva Marinkovic, from Croatia. Hello, my name is Eva…