fable

Chapter 6 - THE BABY WAS HIS, BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX ANYTHING

Maya agreed to a noninvasive prenatal paternity test.

Not because Marcus deserved proof.

Because she wanted the lie dead.

A blood sample from Maya.

A cheek swab from Marcus.

The lab result arrived nine days later.

Probability of paternity:

greater than 99.99%.

Marcus sat in Samuel Archer’s office holding the report.

He started crying.

Maya did not.

She felt almost nothing.

That frightened her.

He whispered:

“I knew it.”

She looked at him.

“No.”

He corrected himself.

“I wanted to know it.”

Still wrong.

Maya folded her copy.

“You believed the opposite.”

Marcus closed his eyes.

The test proved biology.

It did not prove safety.

It did not restore trust.

It did not erase what he said about ending the pregnancy.

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A medical fact could settle paternity.

It could not settle a marriage.

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