Chapter 20. Proven Maternity

The couple felt very nervous, their attention completely focused on the doctor. Leandro was sweating profusely, trying to appear calm in front of Nicole. He was so afraid of losing her. He loved Santi as if he were his own son; he simply didn’t want to lose them. The doctor’s voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned to look at him attentively, holding his breath.

“Taking into account the genetic structure of the mother, the alleged mother, and the distribution of the alleged analyzed markers, it has yielded a maternity index of 56,701,235 and a maternity probability of 99.998234.1%.”

They looked at each other completely confused, having no idea what that meant.

“What does that mean, doctor?” Leandro asked.

“It means that maternity is practically proven. It’s the same result for both cases.”

Leandro let go of Nicole’s hand and covered his face with his hands. Tears welled up uncontrollably, flowing down his cheeks. His little one with big blue ey