Chapter 5 - MAYA'S SECOND TEST
Maya never believed the first result emotionally.
But emotion was not evidence.
She did what military law had taught her.
She rebuilt the chain.
First:
her own sample.
Second:
a preserved toothbrush from Charles’s sealed estate effects.
Not perfect.
Contamination possible.
Third:
a stored blood card from an executive physical Charles completed twelve years earlier.
That sample had been retained by a private medical concierge service.
Independent lab.
Independent courier.
Independent witnesses.
No Marcus.
The result:
99.997% probability of biological relationship consistent with father-daughter.
Maya did not cry when she read it.
She called the trust’s independent counsel.
Then a military ethics contact because Marcus had also tried to use the DNA dispute to attack her security-clearance disclosures.
That brought Captain Reeves into the matter.
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Then the first lab reopened its file.
Something was wrong.
