Margaret opened the folder and removed the stack of papers, finding it slightly thicker than she had expected. Puzzled, she looked up at Celine, who explained hurriedly, “To ensure the results are accurate, I did the test for everyone in our family.
“There’s the test between you, Ralph, and myself with Alex, respectively. If the results are the same, that would be no problem, but if it isn’t, the outcome wouldn’t be affected just because of one person.”
After pondering for a moment, Margaret found that Celine’s words made sense and nodded before picking up her presbyopic glasses and browsing through the results.
However, her expression gradually worsened while she looked at them. She would read a few pages and then flip to the earlier ones before flipping back to the later ones again. Suddenly, she raised her head to look at Celine in disbelief. “T-This…”
“Mom, stay calm. I told you that you need to be mentally prepared,” Celine said softly. She was shocked, too, when she first saw the results. That was why she told her mother to prepare herself mentally. Even so, it had a massive impact on her.
“B-But this is impossible!” Margaret suddenly became agitated. After all, feelings were not something a person could control easily. “I don’t believe this! Where did you do the test? We must do it again!”
“Mom, this test is 99.99% accurate. Calm down. I’m going to…Mom!”
Margaret’s vision blackened before getting to her feet, and she passed out, causing Celine to panic instantly. “Somebody help!”
…
Ralph was elated as he sat in the master suite, scrolling through the pictures on his phone. They were shots of a few pages from a book, and the pages were not continuous.
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