The Paternity Test Result

When Austyn was at the hospital yesterday, he took a strand of Jennie’s hair without her knowing and gave it to Rowe. This envelope contained the DNA test result. He extracted the single piece of paper with trembling hands. He skipped all the medical jargon and jumped to the end. ‘Probability of paternity: 99.9999999%.’ Austyn blinked. The number remained the same. The implication was clear. He was Jennie’s biological father. Which meant he was also Joshua’s father. Austyn swayed slightly on his feet. Kira didn’t lie. He was really the kids’ father. Still, the news came as a shock. He had two three-year-old kids! Despite his engagement to Gwen, he had not given much thought to starting a family. At the moment, work was more important. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of managing the Taylor Group. He was so busy with work, he seldom had time to go out with Gwen. After spending almost two years visiting the neurologist almost weekly, Austyn had more or less given up on the idea of