Chapter 5 - DNA UPON DEMAND
"That's impossible!" Julian shrieked, taking a panicked step backward toward the framed American flag on the lobby wall. "Sarah died decades ago! This girl is lying!"
"My mother's name was Sarah," Clara stated firmly, wiping a rogue tear from her cheek. "She lived under an assumed name to protect herself from someone in New York."
Evelyn turned around slowly, her silver hair catching the lobby light as her cold, lethal gaze locked onto Julian.
"Marcus," Evelyn called out to her head of security, who stood rigidly beside the open elevator doors.
"Yes, Madam Vance?" the tall, dark-suited chief officer responded immediately.
"Lock down the entire penthouse floor," Evelyn ordered ruthlessly. "No one enters, and no one leaves."
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"Contact our private medical team at Mount Sinai Hospital," she continued without breaking eye contact with Julian. "I want a full DNA extraction from this girl and Julian within thirty minutes."
"Grandmother, you can't be serious!" Julian shouted hysterically. "You're taking the word of a penniless stranger over your own grandson?"
