Margaret had a habit of getting up early in the morning. However, she had not slept well the night before. Thoughts flooded her mind, and she could only fall asleep at the break of dawn.
Unfortunately, a phone call roused her from her sleep. Margaret felt like her head was about to explode from the noise. “Hello?” she mumbled as she weakly answered the call.
Ralph was so restless that he could not tell something was wrong with his mother, “Mom, you’re already awake, right?”
Margaret was usually up by this time as she was a light sleeper due to her age, so it was natural for Ralph to assume she was awake.
“No, not really. Why?” Margaret sat up from bed. Her eyes were still closed as she asked softly.
“Nothing much. I wanted to ask about the results of the DNA test. Is it out yet?”
If the report had been out, Margaret would have read it. He did not want to ask his sister, so he could only approach his mother.
Margaret’s eyes immediately flew open when she heard Ralph mention the report. Her eyes were clear as she turned to the report sitting on her table. “Yeah, what about it?” She did not give him a clear answer.
“So, it’s out then? What are the results? Alexander is not biologically related to us, right?” He asked in haste, as h desperately wanted the answer.
Margaret had a pained expression on her face as she did not admit nor deny his accusations. Instead, she just huffed in response.
Ralph, who did not get a clear answer from his mother, was confused, so he asked again, “Mom, are you okay? Are you still sleepy? What are the results? Is Alex part of our family?”
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