Hansell's POVThe screen of my phone felt like ice in my hand, burning cold right through my palm. I stood there on the damp sand of the Lian shore, the sea breeze whipping my hair across my forehead, completely frozen. My breath hitched in my throat, refusing to go down. The waves crashed against the rocks nearby, but to my ears, the sound was muffled—distant, like I was drowning under ten feet of water.I stared at the official digital document on my screen, sent directly from the lab in Singapore to my private, encrypted server.ALLELE PROBABILITY OF PATERNITY: 0.00% (HANSELL ALTAMIRANO)CONFIRMED MATERNAL & SECONDARY ALTAMIRANO LINEAGE MATCH: 99.99% (HAROLD ALTAMIRANO)Zero percent.Zero fucking percent.My chest caved in. It felt as if someone had taken a sledgehammer and shattered my ribs, leaving nothing inside but hollow, bleeding wreckage. I blinked, my vision blurring for a fraction of a second as I forced myself to re-read the lines. I read it once. Twice. Three times. Hopi
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