Chapter 2

Bella sneered. “And you think we’d believe you?”

“Maybe you already bribed the hospital!”

Just then, I remembered something.

In my past life, I had been too anxious and forgot to take out the evidence.

I pulled out my phone and opened an encrypted folder.

Because my four weddings had all been mysteriously called off, I had become much more careful.

“I have a paternity test report issued by an official institution here.”

I held up my phone. “This is a non-invasive DNA paternity test I had done at the hospital.”

“The report shows that the father of the child is Wilson.”

When the people below saw the report, the noise quieted down a little.

But Bella still didn’t believe it. “That report could be fake too!”

I said calmly, “There’s an anti-counterfeit code on this report, and you can verify it on the hospital’s official website.”

“And I had this test done without telling Wilson, just so no one could question it.”

Wilson looked at me in surprise. “Shakira, when did you do this?”

I looked at him. “Last month. I was worried someone would question the child’s paternity, so I had it done ahead of time.”

“I used the hair you dropped at my place.”

Wilson remembered. “That night I stayed at your house, and the next morning you helped me comb my hair.”

I nodded. “Yes, I kept a few strands of your hair and took them in for the paternity test.”

Bella took my phone and carefully checked the report.

The report clearly stated that the probability of paternity between the fetus and the alleged father was 99.99%.

It also had the hospital stamp and anti-counterfeit code.

Bella entered the code on the hospital’s official website, and the result showed that the report was genuine and valid.

Seeing this, the guests below started talking again.

“The report is real.”

“The child really is Wilson’s.”

“Then why would that little girl lie?”

When Ford saw her lie had been exposed, her face turned ugly.

[My mom’s pretty smart too. She knows to bribe the testing staff in advance, so even if they test it, they won’t find anything!]

Ford’s voice rang out again, and everyone turned against me once more.

Bella sneered. “You think we’d believe you? Maybe you already bought the hospital off!”

I took a document out of my bag. “This is my pre-pregnancy health check report from three months ago.”

I held it up high so everyone could see.

“The report shows I don’t have any STDs, and there are no signs of any unclean behavior.”

The whispering below quieted down a little.

“If I really had been messing around like Ford said in her head, this report wouldn’t be this clean.”

I took out another document.

“This is a record of the first time Wilson and I met, four months ago.”

“And the time I got pregnant was exactly three months ago. The timeline matches perfectly.”

Wilson nodded beside me. “All of that is true.”

Bella’s face began to waver. “But… but the child said…”

I looked at Ford. “Ford, think again. Where was I last night?”

Ford bit her lip and said nothing.

I went on, “Last night, Wilson and I were at home preparing wedding supplies, and Ford was there too.”

“The three of us ate together, watched TV together, and Ford didn’t go to sleep until ten at night.”

“Wilson can testify to that.”

Wilson immediately said, “Yes, Shakira was with me the whole time yesterday.”

The guests below started whispering.

“Looks like it really was a misunderstanding?”

“But the child’s inner voice… could she have gotten it wrong?”

I looked at Ford, and her eyes started to dart away.

I went on, “I’m going back to the hospital right now for another paternity test. Who wants to come with me and witness it?”

Bella hesitated. “I… I will.”

Wilson held my hand tightly. “I’ll go with you.”

Just then, Ford suddenly burst into tears. “Mom, I’m scared!”