“Where’s my child? I need to see her,” Megan demanded, her voice laced with the need for a visual confirmation to believe Jewel’s words.
Jewel exhaled deeply, “The kid’s gone. Faye, who was looking after her, vanished with her. Allen’s turning every stone to find them.”
A sharp pang twisted through Megan’s heart, “What in the world is happening? Don’t tell me Faye has kidnapped my baby for ransom?”
Jewel gave a noncommittal shrug, “Can’t rule that out. The Boss has sent additional guys to look for your kid. We gotta find her or the paternity test is gonna be a bust.”
With that, she took the child from Hazel’s arms and placed him into Megan’s, “Though he’s not your blood, he’s gonna be your rock from now on. Daughters ain’t worth squatting in the Stirling family, and they're nothing. But a son, now that’s the golden ticket. You gotta take good care of him.”
Megan felt on the brink of collapse. Her insides were contorting in agony. She wanted her own child to be the Stirling family heir, not someone else’s.
She wasn’t about to dress someone else's child for the ball.
Why hadn’t she given birth to a son? Why?
Now with Leopold’s fate hanging by a thread, uncertain whether he’d pull through, the possibility of having another son seemed bleak. Was this some cruel joke of fate?
Unable to bear it any longer, she crumpled to the floor, weeping uncontrollably.
Jewel patted her shoulder, “Keep it together, Megan. Finding the kid is what matters now.”
Megan clenched her teeth, “If my child can’t be the Stirling heir, then neither will Aurelia’s. Let it all burn.”
She would kill Kane, the cursed child. He had to die.
The genetic test results were in, showing a significant match with Skyler.
Aurelia smacked her lips, looking over the report, “Might as well call this kid Skyler’s biological son.”
Identical twins share almost the exact DNA, so much so that their children can have a high genetic similarity, meeting the threshold for biological parenthood.
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