Chapter 68

After Brandon wrapped up the registration and payment, he spun on his heel and took off.

His ride was parked right out front of the testing center, and as he drove off, a red taxi zipped by, narrowly missing his car and snagged the spot he’d just vacated.

Brandon shot a glance in the rearview at the red cab, whipped the steering wheel like a pro, and the car took a sharp turn and headed

out.

Almost at the same time, Martin pushed his way out of the taxi.

He looked up at the paternity testing center’s entrance and strode in, handing over two samples to the staff, “I need a paternity test done.”

The same words, the same tall and handsome dude, the same hair samples, and all within a five-minute window. Martin’s and Brandon’s synchronized moves got the staff member all chatty, “What’s the deal today? Why are all these Zenitha folks coming in for DNA tests?” “Even the samples are carbon copies.” He shook Brandon’s freshly bagged sample at his colleague and then pulled out an identical bag from the toolbox to pack up the samples.

Martin frowned faintly, turning to the youthful-looking staff member, “So a Zenitha guy about my height was just here?”

“Yep, he just left.” The staff member stretched his neck toward the door, “He was just outside. Looked a lot like you, tall, dashing, in a black suit.”

To him, all Zenithians seemed to be cut from the same cloth.

Martin also glanced towards the door, saw no familiar figures, but from the staff’s description, it sounded like Brandon.

staff member, “Could I have a look at your surveillance footage? That

staff member gave a polite refusal with a smile, “Sorry, that’s confidential.

nodded in understanding, “No worries, thanks

he asked him to mail in hair samples so that Marian could get tested first with him? But now, with Marian not on board, was he going

to reality, offered an apologetic glance, and followed through with the registration and payment before leaving.

notice something was up if Martin didn’t show up for a day. Right after leaving the paternity testing center, Louis’s call came through, “Where have you vanished to? Not a peep in over a day? You didn’t show up at the office, and there was some board meeting today

out. I’ll be back in a few days, Martin replied, holding back the info about the DNA results to avoid getting

all the way over without planning your work ahead of time? This isn’t like you. And we don’t have

a vague response, “Just some personal business.”

possibly have? A bachelor through and through,

Martin was silent.

me the truth, did you get a lead on

voice quivered with barely contained excitement, “All these years, it’s only Yoli’s matters that make you bolt without a word, even ignoring your

pet name for Yolanda, a term of affection he’d been using

silence, Martin hesitated, considering whether to keep

couldn’t wait, urging him with an anxious tone as his cane thumped on the floor, his voice full of impatience, “Speak up, are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

he couldn’t keep it from him. Louis had raised

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well. Louis was probably plotting to fly

Martin admitted reluctantly, trying to dissuade Louis from flying over, “I just came from the paternity testing

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