Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020

Chapter 1020

I’ve had this kid for ten days now, and he seems to have taken a liking to me. He doesn’t cry as long as I’m holding him. We’ve even given him a fancy name – Hawthorne”

At the sight of this name, Cornelia’s heart raced. Turned out, her dad was the kid her grandma adopted!

This meant that all these years. Granny Rebecca’s affection for this kid, who had no blood ties with her, actually surpassed her love for her own child

Wait a minute, something was not right

Cornelia quickly realized something was off. If her father wasn’t her grandma’s biological child, then why did the DNA test between her sister Tahlia and her grandma confirm they were blood–related?

Which piece of info was real? Which one was a sham?

Cornelia couldn’t figure it out, so she shot Marcus a text, “Jeremy, when we did the DNA test for Tahlia and my grandma, could someone have tampered with the results?”

Instead of replying, Marcus quickly showed up at Granny Rebecca’s room, “What’s up?”

Comelia handed him Granny Rebecca’s notebook, “Take a look.”

Marcus skimmed through it and got the gist, “So your dad isn’t your grandma’s biological child? So you suspect the DNA test results between your grandma and Tahlia may have been tampered with?”

Cornelia said. “My grandma couldn’t have faked a diary decades ago, and she had no motive to do so. If my grandma is not my dad’s biological mother, and Tahlia is my biological sister, and their DNA test shows they’re related, then it’s likely that something’s been tampered with.”

Marcus said, “That’s impossible.”

Cornelia said. “The people you trust wouldn’t betray you, but it’s not out of the question that they’d be forced to, like Dylan, if threatened.”

Marcus said, “The day of the DNA test, from sampling to results, Ayden was there the whole time. Unless someone knew in advance we were doing a DNA test, knew where we were sending it, and bribed the testers that day..”

Cornelia looked at Marcus, slowly asking, “Could someone truly have known all that in advance? After all, when we found out that Tahlia could be my sister, Courtney got the news too. If you hadn’t brought Tahlia back in time, she’d probably be in Courtney’s hands by now.”

Marcus said, “We can’t rule out that possibility”

Cornelia said, “Then let’s do another DNA test”

Marcus said, “We’ll keep this quiet, I’ll handle it.”

Cornelia said, “I have another doubt…”

Marcus asked, “What’s that?”

Cornelia said, “I suspect that the current Clair is not my mother Clair.”

Marcus said. “Ive considered the possibility of someone impersonating your mother Clair, but as far as I know, your mother has no siblings, and she’s an only child, so I dismissed that thought.”

Cornelia sald, “I know my suspicion might be baseless, but whether she’s my mother or not, I still want to do a DNA test with her. If the test shows we’re mother and daughter, then I can stop overthinking”

Marcus said, “We’ll do it when we get back to Riverton.”

Cornelia said, “I always feel like Riverton’s been taken over by some people, and everything we do is under their watch.”

Marcus gently ruffled Cornelia’s hair, “You’re one smart girl!”