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assistants entered through the doub

te, their faces pale and slic

who was swaddled so tightly in

mmanded Dr. Enzo to run a comprehensive ge

functioning as they should?" Car

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ulders, letting out a

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ken ancient folk remed

morning urine and club soda, wearing the

to me, his ey

ap was not a sharp crack but a heavy, wet th

the side from the

divorce paper

et out of my sig

sed to

immediate DNA test to be con

nce lost for a moment, and her hands found my shoulders, her m

us documents to ruin m

the test right now, her voice

ont of everyone, spitti

e is the father, you will ab

ce papers and vanish fro

ly objected to this barbaric demand; th

snorted i

Lorenzo drew his silver-plated revolver, aiming it directly at my stomach. He used his authority as a former Capo to bark orders at the surrounding Soldiers, forci

me to a back-alley c

rashing against her grip, my movements

et them touch

d that I had insulted the greates

my child as penance f

tinct drove me to vicio

e truth-to say what he saw during the physical examin

nd me and kicked m

the SUV's heavy

sending a starburst of whit

t my desperate

cks, the color drai

e at last bro

database on his tablet, retrieving the ra

otes, and his breath hitched, an au

nd shouted fo

bort her chil

alted wit

questioned the docto

ard, his Adam's appl

orenzo and urged him to read it b

patiently, his eyes sc

s face, leaving a waxy, pallid mask. His pupils

e tablet from her

o shake violently, as if she

ena in a state of

ook the de

the medical notes, the

possible,"

from Isabella, her movemen

usly and question

itional woman and the child

icle, wiping a single dr

ead the final line of the birth

e patient exhibited severe congeni

lateral cryptorchidism and a catastrop

lly sterile, incapable of ever c

ce drained

ked Lorenzo and Car

rple with rage, the veins stand

erena and dema

rantically, backing awa

me, her hands grabbing

eport to ruin my s