“Someone in this hospital has been forging every one of Elena’s prenatal DNA results.”
I looked up slowly.
He didn’t flinch.
“Twenty-one falsified reports.”
A pause.
“This,” he said, nodding at the paper in my hand, “is the real one.”
Another beat.
“Pulled directly from the lab server before it could be altered.”
Chapter 29
VINCENZO
Aheavy, crushing silence fell over the room.
Ciro reached for the paper almost too quickly.
“Let me see, boss.”
I handed it over.
He took it, scanning it with practiced eyes, his expression unreadable at first. Then—just for a moment—his jaw tightened.
A flicker.
Then it was gone.
He looked up again, calm as ever.
“Boss,” he said, voice steady, controlled, “this is fake.”
Renzo’s head lifted sharply.
Ciro continued, undeterred.
“Vincenzo isn’t the father. Twenty-one tests confirmed that already. This contradicts everything we know.”
“Twenty-one falsified tests,” Renzo corrected instantly.
His voice was sharp now—cutting.
He turned to Ciro fully, eyes blazing with something close to fury.
“And you’re the one who’s been working for Violet.”
Ciro’s expression shifted.
Renzo stepped forward.
“You sold your loyalty the moment you realized Elena would never be yours.”
The words hit like a blade.
