Chapter 5: The DNA No One Expected
Chapter 5: The DNA No One Expected
Rebecca carefully unfolded the final page of the DNA report.
"I believe everyone deserves to understand why this case became a criminal investigation."
The room stood perfectly still.
Even the officers waited.
Rebecca placed two reports side by side.
"The first confirms the child is Ethan Whitmore's biological son, exactly as the surrogacy agreement intended."
Ethan closed his eyes in relief.
For one brief moment.
Then Rebecca revealed the second report.
"This analysis was requested after irregularities appeared in the embryo transfer records."
Vanessa took an involuntary step backward.
Rebecca continued.
"The embryo transferred into Emily..."
"...did not originate from the embryo legally registered under the surrogacy contract."
A stunned silence swept through the mansion.
"What does that mean?" one guest whispered.
Rebecca answered.
"It means someone deliberately switched the embryos before implantation."
Every face turned toward Vanessa.
Tears filled Ethan's eyes.
"My child..."
Rebecca nodded.
"Is biologically yours."
"But the child's biological mother..."
She looked directly at Vanessa.
"...is not."
Vanessa shook her head violently.
"No."
"No..."
Rebecca calmly placed another certified laboratory report on the table.
"The biological mother is your younger sister, Olivia Whitmore."
Gasps echoed throughout the hall.
Several guests remembered the family scandal from years earlier.
Olivia had vanished overseas after a bitter dispute with Vanessa.
No one had known why.
Rebecca spoke quietly.
"Olivia donated embryos years ago during fertility treatment."
"Someone illegally substituted one of those embryos."
Ethan stared at his wife as if she were a complete stranger.
"You lied to everyone."
Vanessa finally broke.
She collapsed into a chair.
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"I had no choice."
But no one believed those words anymore.
