The Best Revenge It Wasn't Even Your Child novel Chapter 710

Lance gestured for him to put it on speaker.

"Go ahead," Harrell said, tapping the screen and dropping onto the sofa next to Lance. He kept his eyes locked on his friend, waiting for a signal on how to play this.

"Did Lance ever ask you to run a DNA test on Catherine's baby?" Belinda asked sharply.

"Uh..."

Harrell hadn't expected such an explosive question right out of the gate. He choked on his words, blinking furiously at Lance.

Lance mouthed a single phrase: Tell the truth.

"A few months ago, Adelina asked me to run a paternity test using an amniocentesis sample against Lance's DNA. The results proved the child is his."

He couldn't lie about this—Belinda could easily pull the hospital records herself.

So, Harrell quickly added the kicker, "It was at the Cabinda Hospital. But to throw Adelina off the scent, I altered the final report."

If Belinda went digging, she'd only find the doctored paperwork claiming zero biological relation.

"Are you absolutely certain?" Belinda pressed, her voice dripping with skepticism. "Harrell, this concerns the direct bloodline of the James family. If you're lying to me..."

Harrell held up three fingers as if taking an oath. "I swear on my life! It's the absolute truth."

That fervent promise was the final push Belinda needed to doubt Lanny's origins completely.

She wouldn't believe Lanny was a James until she ran a new test herself, completely under her control.

"I believe you wouldn't lie to me."

Belinda expertly masked her suspicions over the phone.

After all, Harrell was Lance's closest confidant.

Harrell ended the call and tossed his phone aside. "What the hell was that? Why is your mother suddenly digging into Lanny's paternity?"

"Probably just a whim," Lance muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose.

The alcohol was catching up to him, sending a dull throb through his temples.

Belinda's phone call was escalating it into a full-blown migraine.