Karl was dumbfounded.
He stared at Jill incredulously. His gaze landed on the strands of hair she was holding and he swallowed hard, feeling that his ears must be playing tricks on him. “What did you say?”
Jill sighed. “You can put the timeline together yourself. When I married into the Joneses, I was already four months pregnant! Think about it, isn’t the child yours if I was already four months pregnant at that time?”
Karl swallowed. “But Hillary Jones’ birth date doesn’t match!”
Jill sighed. “That’s because I delayed registering her birth for four months. After all, I couldn’t bring shame to the Joneses. You can look into it. I gave birth to my daughter in a private clinic, so they may still have records! Also, no matter what, you should have a DNA test done first.”
Jill handed the strands of hair to Karl. “Only hair with the follicles intact can be used in a DNA test. Be careful not to damage them. By the way, my daughter doesn’t know that she is not my husband’s child…”
Jill said that because she was afraid that Karl would send someone to the prison to sound Hillary out.
After saying that, she started to head toward the exit. Before she left, she added, “No matter what, you should still make sure that your daughter stays alive, right?”
Karl looked at her and narrowed his eyes. “Don’t worry, if she really is my daughter, no one will be able to take her life!”
Jill breathed a sigh of relief.
She lowered her head and said, “I won’t ask for that child from the Smiths anymore. All I ask for now is just for you to rescue my daughter, get her out of prison and take her abroad! I hope you can treat her well for the rest of her life after that!”
Karl hesitated for a moment. Then, he asked tentatively, “If she is my daughter, why didn’t you tell me that from the start?”
Jill stared at Karl. After a long silence, she finally heaved a deep sigh and said, “I only wanted to borrow your authority in the beginning. I don’t wish for anything beyond that anymore. Besides, my daughter wasn’t having any problems at that time, and you were also willing to help me, so it didn’t matter whether or not I told you the truth. But now that I know that you don’t want to offend the Smiths and the Hunts, I can only tell the truth!”
Karl kept quiet for a long while. Suddenly, he broke into a grin and said, “Jill, you should know that I am an outlaw. You know it won’t end well for people who lie to me, right?”
Jill was so frightened by the way he spoke that she shuddered. However, she then said resolutely, “Go and have a DNA test done.”
Karl nodded.
After Jill left, his subordinate behind him asked, “Boss, surely not, right? Is that child-stealing woman really your daughter?”
Karl, however, frowned and said nothing.
In the end, he suddenly sighed and instructed, “Send someone to the prison and protect Hillary Jones for now!”
“Understood.”
He turned, exited, and walked toward the car.
The subordinate asked, “Boss, where are you going?”
Karl replied, “A DNA testing lab. Find me a reliable one!”
“Yes, sir!”
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Justin, Joel, and Tanya returned to the Smiths’ manor.
As soon as they entered the manor, someone came forward and whispered something to Joel.
Joel frowned.
The sensitive Tanya asked, “What’s wrong?”
Joel didn’t hide anything from her. After letting five years pass them by, both of them cherished each other very much now. When he heard her question, he replied, “I sent someone to the jail to teach Hillary a lesson, but I just received news that someone has interfered on her behalf.”
Tanya immediately asked, “Who did it?”
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