Grandfather was staying in a VIP ward, quiet at noon, with hardly anyone in sight.
Callie stood at the door, hesitating to knock several times but unable to bring herself to do it.
She hesitated for a long time, filled with worry and fear. She was terrified. Reuben was missing, and if anything happened to Grandfather, she didn’t know how she would bear it.
In the end, she didn’t knock on the door. Instead, she sat on the long bench in the corridor, lost in her thoughts.
Kieran couldn’t help but worry as he saw her like this. He fidgeted and cleared his throat, saying, “Callie, I’ll go get you some food.”
Callie didn’t look up. “He told you to watch over me, so stay here and watch me. Don’t say things you shouldn’t.”
Kieran halted his steps, his hand reaching for his phone stopped halfway. He awkwardly rubbed his nose.
After about half an hour, Mollie hurriedly arrived. She still hadn’t opened the file bag in her hand. “Callie-”
She caught sight of Kieran at the end of her sentence and hesitated for a moment.
Only then did Callie look up. “Come over.”
Mollie hesitated for a moment, then handed over the file bag and said softly, “I just came back from the lab, and no one else has handled it. I haven’t looked at it yet.”
Callie glanced at Kieran and saw him staring at her intently. She tightened her grip on the file bag and took a deep breath.
After a moment, she finally mustered the courage to open it and pulled out one of the reports, which was about Charlotte and Sienna.
Her fingertip pressed on the final result and slowly moved away.
Result explanation: Maternal relationship possibility is 100%.
Seeing that 100%, Callie’s hand began to tremble uncontrollably, her face turning pale.
In a paternity test, denying biological relationship is 100%, while confirming it is 99%.
One of her guesses had been confirmed.
But there was still one more…
Mollie anxiously looked at her.
Callie closed her eyes and resolutely pulled out another report.
This one was about herself and Sienna.
Her hand trembled even more violently as she read through it.
Requested test: Maternity test.
Child: Callie. Maternal sample to be tested: Sienna.
Child’s sample: Hair. Maternal sample to be tested: Hair.
Result explanation: Maternal relationship possibility is 99. 999999%.
Callie’s hand suddenly relaxed, and the paper slowly fell. It was halfway down when Mollie quickly caught it and neatly arranged it. “I don’t know what you saw, I won’t ask or look, but I hope you’re mentally prepared.”
Callie felt a heavy weight in her heart. Her voice trembling, she asked Mollie, “Do you have a lighter?”
“Yes…”
Callie placed the two pieces of paper together and walked over to the trash can. She lit the papers on fire, and as the flames flickered, they quickly burned to ashes. Callie let go of them and looked at the pile of ashes in the trash can, her face pale and lifeless.
In this world, only she knew this secret.
Kieran watched her series of actions from not far away, his brows furrowed. But with the documents burned, even if he wanted to investigate, there was no way to start.
The scientific explanation left Callie feeling dazed, almost unable to catch her breath.
There were no more “what ifs.”
Those moments of telepathy were no longer coincidences but a natural connection between mother and daughter.
And Charlotte… how could she dare to take her place!
Just then, the door to Grandfather’s ward was opened from inside. It was Bianca who first saw Kieran. “What are you doing here…”
Then she saw Callie, surprised and delighted. “Callie!”
Callie hadn’t yet adjusted her emotions. She forced a smile. “Bianca.”
In the ward, only the sound of the electrocardiogram reminded them that someone was there. Grandfather had woken up; he looked up at the ceiling with a thin and aged face, lacking strength.
Step by step, Callie approached him, her heart heavy.