(Author's POV)
"Stefan-"
"It's not a rumor." He said it again, evenly. "There's a recording. Martha confessed."
"Martha is a *criminal*. She is in a cell right now because of what she has done to this family-"
"She confessed before she was sentenced. We've heard the audio. Dad has heard the audio."
"Dad - Dad is upset, of course he is, the company is collapsing, he isn't thinking clearly-"
"Open the envelope."
"No."
"Open the envelope, Sienna."
"I'm not opening anything. I'm not going to sit here and play along with whatever-"
Stefan opened it himself.
He pulled out the report and turned it around so the bottom line was facing her. The single black line of type.
*No biological relationship detected.*
She did not lean forward. She didn't have to. She read it where it was.
She
