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~ 9: The Invite

Author: Grace Grandi
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-30 16:25:20

~ 9

~ Mia ~

The DNA results came back eight days after my surgery.

Dr. Jonathan read them out in my hospital room with everyone gathered around the bed.

"Probability of parentage. Ninety-nine point nine nine nine seven percent."

My mother burst into tears. My father read the printout over and over, as if the numbers might change if he looked long enough. Ryker grinned so wide it looked painful.

"Told you," he said. "I wasn't going to be an only child forever."

Liliana Hawthorne. Only daughter o
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