Chapter 3

I went alone to pick up the report.

The lab tech handed me an envelope.

"Do you want to read it yourself, or should I tell you?" she asked.

"I'll read it myself," I said.

I opened the envelope.

My hands were shaking.

My eyes locked onto that one line I'd been dreading. [Probability of paternity: 99.9999%.

[Conclusion: Michael Turner is confirmed to be the biological father of Lucas Turner.]

I couldn't take my eyes off that line for a long time.

Then I folded the report and slipped it into my bag.

When I walked out of the lab,…