Chapter 9 - The Official DNA Results
At dawn the following morning, Dr. Harrison returned personally to hand-deliver the official lab documents to Arthur’s study.
Arthur opened the thick envelope with trembling fingers, scanning down to the bottom of the certified page.
"Probability of Paternal Grandfather Relationship: 99.99 percent," the document read in bold black letters.
Toby and Lily were officially certified as the legal blood descendants of the late David Sterling.
Arthur closed his eyes, a single tear trailing down his cheek as he signed the official acknowledgment of kinship.
"Thank you, Dr. Harrison," Arthur said, sliding the document into a fireproof wall safe behind an antique landscape painting.
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He walked out onto the balcony overlooking the manicured grounds where Toby and Lily were playing safely on the lawn.
The street orphans who had begged for leftover bread were now the sole legitimate heirs to a two-hundred-million-dollar estate.
