“Thank Alissa for me.

Just then, Matthew entered, looking grim.

Her stomach lurched, fearing the situation had escalated.

“Doreen, I gotta go.

We’ll chat later, okay?”

Stella ended the call abruptly.

Turning to Matthew, she asked, “What’s wrong? Did the situation worsen?”

Nothing else explained Matthew’s serious expression.

Matthew shook his head.

“It’s unrelated.

The paternity test results are here.

Stella froze, and then her anxiety intensified.

He handed her the phone.

was an electronic report from

a

slick with sweat within seconds, and her

upon seeing the final line, a wave of disappointment

up in

parent-child relationship

she clutched the phone tighter, bitterness

“Is this accurate?”

replied in a low

the entire

at the report, her vision

it, disbelief clouding

his arms

“It’s okay.

searching

sank

a muffled

clung to the hope that Bella was

reality on

choice but to accept

Bitterness flooded her.

the taste of her own saliva seemed

she forced herself

“Good.

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