Seeing how crestfallen and anxious Quintis and Emily were, a wave of helplessness washed over the doctor. However, he shook his head determinedly.
"There's no mistake. I know how important this analysis was to both of you, Mr. and Mrs. Lycan. I carried out the procedures personally. Unless you provided me with the wrong blood sample, if not the results in this report are conclusive."
The doctor's confident statement was like a death sentence for Emily and Quintis' hopes and dreams. Emily had gone completely numb as she repeated the same question over and over again.
"How could this be?" she asked.
Quintis felt as if his heart was being stabbed by knives when he saw how upset Emily was. He was disappointed too, but he needed to temper his emotions to comfort her. "Emily, let's go."
Emily swayed from left to right as she stumbled out of the analysis center. She didn't have any idea how she made it back home. The only thing she was aware of was how her soul had been shredded into a million pieces the moment she heard the test results.
The more hope she harbored in her heart, the more devastating the blow when her hopes were dashed. Her life felt so bleak, her disappointment so great that she even considered cutting her life short. She had never experienced such tremendous agony in her life.
Quintis' footsteps were also weighed down. He felt like he had aged a decade in the span of a few hours. When they finally arrived home, Quintis hugged Emily, who he knew was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. "Emily, we can't fight back against what fate has already planned for us. Let's not be upset anymore, alright?"
Tears fell like raindrops from Emily's eyes. "I understand, but… why did things end up like this? Do you know how much hope I was clinging on to, Quintis? Why did it end up like this?"
Emily couldn't wrap her head around the test results. She refused to accept it. Unfortunately, Quintis didn't have any answers for her questions either.
Suddenly, Emily started shaking her head wildly as if she had been injected with a new burst of energy. "No, it can't be true! I could feel that he was Nicholas. I could feel it in my blood, I could feel the strings of fate that tie us together.
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