“What about the Carter family trust?” PlanFamily Trips
The attorney reached for another envelope.
“This is where matters become complicated.”
Inside was a confidential parentage report.
After examining it, Mr. Hayes looked troubled.
“The probability that Jason Reed is Noah’s biological father is effectively zero.”
Jason laughed.
“I knew she was hiding something!”
But the attorney wasn’t finished.
“The testing also identified a close paternal genetic connection to Thomas Carter.”
My father stood motionless.
“Me?”
Mr. Hayes explained that the findings pointed toward a close male relative of my father.
My mind immediately went to Michael.
Our brother.
The brother we’d buried eleven years earlier after a devastating car accident.
“That can’t be,” I whispered.
Then the lawyer read another note from Lily.
Emily, everything our family believes about Michael is wrong. I found him six months ago. He told me why he disappeared, and he knows something about Jason. PlanFamily Trips
