Chapter 3 - THE EXPERIMENT"Why did she hide it?" I asked, turning on Graham. "If you were together, why marry me?"

Graham looked down at his hands. "She was part of a trial, Owen. A genetic enhancement trial. Sterling Meridian was testing a synthetic liver protein meant to prolong life indefinitely. Rebecca was patient zero. She didn't marry you to love you; she married you to hide."
"Hide from what?"
"From the board. They wanted the baby. They knew the protein had passed to the fetus."