Chapter 404 Uninvited Guests
Seeing that it was Bentley outside the door, Viola and Ormand looked at each other. Obviously, neither of them expected it to be Bentley.
Bentley was too wet.
He didn’t want to go in and wet the carpet. Bentley stood by the door, staring at Viola with his eyes, which were usually indifferent.
Viola didn’t understand. But when she recalled what happened at the McGraw’s place a few days ago, she asked coldly, “Why did you come here without an umbrella? Is there something urgent?”
Bentley adjusted his breathing and said, “Viola, I haven’t come to you these days because I was being watched. Tomorrow is the party. I could only get rid of the surveillance and sneak over.”
Viola’s heart instantly softened. She turned to look at Ormand. “Help Bentley get a thick bath towel and make some hot milk to warm him up.”
“Okay.”
With the thick bath towel, Bentley wrung the water off his clothes and entered the living room.
Ormand went to make hot mild, and Viola was sitting on the sofa.
“What do you want to say? Just say it.”
Bentley nodded. He didn’t like to talk in a roundabout manner either.
“Although Miguel is my teacher, I don’t completely believe in the tests he did, so I brought this.”
Bentley took out the handkerchief from his inside pocket. Willard’s hair was in it.
Viola was slightly surprised and looked at Bentley seriously. “But Bentley, it’s already late at night. Even if we use your connections to send the hair to the hospital for a paternity test, we won’t get the result tomorrow.”
Bentley shook his head. “I don’t trust anyone else. This time, I will do it in person this time. You only need to provide me with the silver stain reagent and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.”
“Okay. The medical group of the Hobson family should have these things. I’ll ask Todd to send them over.”
Bentley nodded and quickly lowered his head. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, “Viola, I didn’t say anything that day. Are you angry with me?”
Thinking about that day, Viola got angry.
She was so lonely and hopeless that day when her dear family didn’t trust her at all.
It would be a lie if Viola said that she wasn’t angry.
And Viola didn’t like to lie.
She glared at Bentley coldly, leaned close to him, and hit him on the shoulder casually.
“Of course, I was angry with you. I even thought that I would never talk to you or see you as a brother anymore.”
Hearing that, Bentley lowered his eyes sadly, feeling extremely guilty.
Viola continued, “However, I hit you just now. I’m not angry. You are forgiven.”
Only then did Bentley’s eyes become bright again. Bentley grabbed Viola’s wrist and punched himself in the chest with her fist.
“It didn’t hurt at all. I didn’t even feel anything. It wasn’t enough. Hit me more.”
Viola was amused. She withdrew her hand and said, “Alright, stop. I’m not angry anymore. I mean it.”
Bentley was kind of relieved. Then, he suddenly remembered another thing, and his expression became grim.
“Viola, I’ve been taking care of Dad these past few days. I found something in his room. Moreover, a person at home… is very strange.”
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Viola saw the complicated look in Bentley’s eyes. She became serious again.
Viola listened to Bentley’s talking quietly.
She had a bad feeling and felt cold.
Bentley told Viola everything he had found in the past few days. Seeing that she didn’t look well, he quickly comforted her.
“Viola, this is just my guess. We can’t be completely sure yet. We can’t directly convict him. You have to listen to his explanation at tomorrow’s party.”
Viola was not an irrational person, so she immediately nodded.
“Knock, knock.”
The door of the villa was knocked again.
Viola looked at the time and was a little surprised. “Todd came so quickly. I just texted him, and he got the things so soon.”
Viola got up to open the door, and Bentley went with her.
The door was open.
The man outside the door was also wet, his chest heaving up and down violently. It was obvious that he had also climbed over the wall and run in.
When Ormand opened the door, Todd sneezed twice.
Sensing the warmth from the room, he put on a sad face and complained like Ormand.
“What a hard night for me. When I was sleeping soundly, your fiancée called me up to work. I need the hot milk you personally made. And I want a raise!”
Russell’s light laughter came from the living room just as Todd finished speaking.
Todd was baffled. He looked inside and found that Bentley and Russell were both there.
Todd immediately retracted his head. He was extremely regretful.
Todd usually didn’t behave in a strict manner in front of Ormand. This time, it was seen. Todd was embarrassed and hoped that it hadn’t happened.
Ormand glanced at him, gloating, and took the equipment from his hands.
“I made a lot of hot milk tonight. You can have some.”
“Okay!”
Todd was good at people. He only felt awkward for a few minutes. And then, Todd adjusted his mood and joined the discussion in the living room.
After drinking the milk, Bentley took the equipment, found an empty room on the second floor, and began the test carefully.
The silver stain reagent and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were the most primitive ways to do a paternity test.
Bentley was afraid of making a mistake, so he carefully examined it repeatedly.
While Bentley was doing the test in the room,
Viola, Ormand, Russell, and Todd were all standing by the door, nervously waiting.
Even though it was already late at night, no one dozed off, all of them looking serious and anxious.
Bentley did the test himself. This was the last chance and would give the most authoritative result. Everyone was uneasy.
They felt one minute seemed like a year.
After another half an hour, the sound of the doorknob turning came from the room.
Bentley finally finished the test and walked out with steady steps.
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