Chapter 735
“Is this photo enough to prove I’m Hannah?” Jennifer said, her voice steady. “Grandma took this picture of us when she and Grandpa were still alive. We each have one copy. I remember it clearly.”
Teresa’s expression grew complicated. She never expected Jennifer to keep this photo, but Jennifer never mentioned it. The antiques in the background were her grandpa’s collections, bringing back memories. Teresa couldn’t help thinking of Bradley and Natalie.
‘Did I misunderstand everything? Maybe Jennifer really is my sister. What if the report was wrong all along?’ Teresa wondered.
Evelyn held onto Jennifer’s arm. “I do believe you’re my Hannah. But the DNA test was done twice, and the results were the same. How could this happen? I just can’t wrap my head around it.”
“Let’s just do another test,” Teresa said after a moment’s thought, her tone steady.
“If it turns out the results were wrong, I’ll talk to Miriam and make sure she apologizes to you,” she promised.
“Miriam really has nothing better to do,” Jennifer scoffed coldly. She felt this whole thing was pointless and humiliating. ‘Why on earth do we even need a DNA test?’ she thought.
“We can go to a DNA testing center, not your hospital. It won’t embarrass you, I promise. And I’ll do the test with Mom too,” Teresa said, determined to get to the bottom of it.
Jennifer sighed, feeling like they were just looking for trouble where there was none.
“I hope you’ll agree. Mom came all the way back from Gorthany just for this,” Teresa added.
“Whatever you want. We’ll do it tomorrow,” Jennifer said. “It’s late. I need to get some sleep. One of my colleagues is sick and asked me to cover her shift tomorrow."
“You two can stay here tonight. Donald won’t be coming back.” Without another word, she went straight to the master bedroom.
Teresa settled Evelyn in and then got ready for bed herself. As she lay down, she noticed a missed call from Jonathan. Her phone had been on silent, so she hadn’t heard it ring.
She called him back. “I’m not coming home tonight. I’m staying at my sister’s place with Mom. Take good care of Mike.”
Jonathan paused for a few seconds. He noticed something off in Teresa’s voice and guessed it was about Jennifer. His thoughts drifted back to the Lynn family dinner. Teresa had gone to the bathroom with Jennifer and came back with her eyes all red.
“Are you okay?” Jonathan asked.
“I’m fine,” Teresa replied.
“Benny came to see me today. We talked for a while,” Jonathan said, his words slow and heavy. “He told me Jennifer isn’t your real sister.”
Teresa didn’t expect Benny to tell Jonathan so fast.
“It’s not confirmed yet. I don’t know for sure,” Teresa said.
“Want me to help out?” Jonathan asked after a few seconds, his voice deep and quiet.
Teresa replied, “No need. This is my family’s issue. I can handle it myself.”
Jonathan had expected her to say that. “Alright, do what you think is best. Just make sure you take care of yourself. Don’t skip meals. I mean, don’t let the little one inside you go hungry,” he said.
“Don’t worry. I won’t let your little boy go hungry,” Teresa replied.
“My little boy?” Jonathan thought she was talking about Michael. “I’ll take care of Mike. You just need to look after yourself,” he said.
After the call ended, Teresa’s mind raced. ‘Did Jonathan misunderstand? He still doesn’t know this baby is a boy, too. Did he think it was a girl? Whatever, that’s not important right now. What really matters is what’s going on with Jennifer.’
She couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, ‘They say every family has its own mess, but why does mine have to be so ridiculously complicated?’ That night, Teresa barely got any sleep.