The hospital room felt like a cage. Caleb returned an hour after being kicked out, his face pale, holding a packet of legal-looking forms.
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Chapter 2 - THE ANOMALYThe lab technician arrived with an air of professional indifference. As she swabbed Miles's tiny cheek, I watched Caleb’s face. He was looking at Miles not with fatherly pride, but with the suspicious gaze of a man looking at a fraud.
The technician left, and the silence returned.
"What happens if it's yours?" I asked.
Caleb hesitated. "Then... we figure out how the medical records were wrong."
"And if it's not?"
"Brooke, please."
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"No, answer me. If you’re convinced I’m a liar, what happens to me? What happens to Miles?"
He couldn't look at me. "I don't know."
