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âOkay, According to the result of the test,we discovered Mr Ethan Westonâs blood matched with the babyâs with a range of ninety nine percent which meansâŠâ Doc Cyril paused and sighed.
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âMr Ethan Weston owns the babyâ Doctor Cyril said and Harold felt all the blood drain from his system.
âMr Haroldâ Harold heard someone call and jo-lt him.
His eyes opened clearly and he saw Doc Cyril stretching the result to him in an envelope.
âI hope youâre fine, weâve been calling you for some time nowâ Doc Cyril said and Harold sighed in relief, knowing he had been imagining.
He glanced back at Irene and saw how anxious she looked,her che-st was heaving a bit fast and her forehead was covered with sweat.
Have the doctor announce the father of the baby while he was de-ep in thought?
Could it be that he had not been imagining?!
Did it happen for real?
Ethan is the father?
Cold sweat broke out of his forehead but then he looked at Ethan,he didnât have a sm-irk or say any mockery word and Harold knew the doctor hasnât announced it yet.
But he still felt so unsure that he had to ask the doctor.
âHave you..like..have you re-ad out the result?â
âNo, you might want to re-ad it yourself, here is itâ Doc Cyril said and Harold refused to collect the envelope.
Doc Cyril sighed.
âMr Ethan,you can have yoursâ Doc Cyril said, stretching another envelope with the same content to Ethan.
âre-ad it to our hearingâ Ethan said.
âMr Harold,do you want it that way also?â Doc Cyril asked and Harold g@sped.
This was how it happened in his imagination.
Everyone waited for his answer but it looked like he wasnât going to say anything.
âMr Haroldâ Doc Cyril said and Harold refused to say anything, afraid the imagination might turn to reality.
âGo ahead, heâs too numb to speakâ Ethan sm-irked.
âOkay..â Doc Cyril said unsealing the envelope,he brou-ght out a white sheet containing some printed words.
Harold wanted to st©p him but he knew no matter how he delays hearing it,heâs eventually going to.
Heâs here for this isnât he? And he has as-sured himself to accept whatever happens.
âAccording to the result of the NIPP testâŠâ Doc Cyril started and Harold sighed de-eply.
He tapped the table with his nervous f!ngers,forming a rhythm someone could dance to.
âAnd just so you know,this is coming straight from the lab,Iâve not even checked it myself so whatever is in here is nothing but the confirmed truth,no form of manipulating results,i donât do suchâ Doc Cyril said and Carrle glanced at Ethan who believed Doc Cyril just had to say that.
âThe test result in my hand re-ads;
đ According to the blood samples from each man,a genetic profile compared the fetal cell presÂŁnt in the motherâs bloodstream to each of the blood sample and the result showed Mr Harold Marshall blood matched with the fetal cell in the motherâs bloodstream with the range of 99 percent.
Mr Ethan Westonâs matched with the range of 1% .
In conclusion, Mr Harold Marshall is the biological father of the baby.
~~This result is 99% accurate.
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Harold stared at Doctor Cyril in what seems like shock.
He was shocked,he shouldnât be but he was shocked.
He couldnât move,he only sat and stared,his heart threatening to bur-st with excitement.
His hands shook as he picked up the test result himself,he stared at it and Yes,heâs the father.
Ireneâs deafening scream returned his strength and they both couldnât tell how they ended in each otherâs arms.
They didnât know how it happened,they only found each other in a ti-ght embr@ce.
They had tears in their eyes but Harold st©pped his from flowing.
Irene cried and he hvgged her closely, wiping her tears.
âWeâre going to have a baby Ireneâ He whispered to her and k!$$ÂŁd her hair.
She bur-sted into a loud cry, she had longed to hear âweâre going to have a babyâ again from no one else but Harold and it happened!
Harold
un-derstood how emotional she was now, he held her without saying a word,he only carre-ss her soft hair.
They both seems to be unaware of the people around them, Ethan recu-perating from shock while Carrle didnât care, thinking the baby is dead anyway.
âCrying crystalâ He tea-sed and she smiled up at him,eyes glistening with tears.
He wiped her tears again and k!$$ÂŁd her forehead.
âIâm sorry..for causing you so much painâ She said in a voice ba-rely more than a whisper.
âI..â She continued but Harold st©pped her.
âI deserve an explanation but not now okay?â He said and she nodded.
He smiled as she t©uçhed his face with longing in her eyes.
She missed him as much as he missed her.
Sheâs back,the baby is theirs. He canât be more happy and grateful.
He had prayed and his prayers was answered.
âCongratulations Mr Harold Marshall, youâre a real manâ Doc Cyril smiled, stretching his hand forward for a handshake.
Harold gladly accepted the handshake, though he didnât let go of Irene.
âWhat the hell is going on here!â Ethan slammed Doc Cyrilâs table, sÂŁnding files flying in the air.
âYouâre joking right?â He asked Doc Cyril breathing heavily.
âIâm not, this result is authentic,no manipulationâ Doc Cyril smiled.
âWhere the hell is my money!â Ethan yelled and Harold and Irene looked confused as they stared at him.
âYour money will be brou-ght in now, Mr Ethan, itâs just so funny to see that Mr Harold who hadnât even attem-pted to make me manipulate the result owns the baby, despite you paying me to manipulate the result..the baby didnât even turn out to be yours..â Doc Cyril said and Irene and Harold g@sped.
âOne of my duties as a Doctor is to be candid with results and i stick to that. No matter how much you pay me,i would never do such. Youâre a very corrupt manâ Cyril said.
Ethan
stared at him in shock knowing he had been fooled.
âLittle wonder he was so sure about owning the baby, heâd tell me with confidence that the baby is hisâ Irene said and Harold laughed.
âIâm not surprised he can do such. Itâs Ethan. And to think he doesnât even own the baby in the first placeâ Harold smiled mockingly.
âW.. what are you doing with him?â Ethan asked Irene,his whole b©dy shaking in anger.
âWhat does it look like? Heâs the one i love and i can never ditch him for anyone,not even the most handsome and wealthiest man on Earth,i was only in your house to get some things done and gladly it was accomplished, thanks for being a dunce all the while,you really made my investigation easierâ Irene said.
Ethan felt like coll@psing with shock,he stared at Irene in disbelief. His shock grew to rage and he made to hit her.
âDamn it!â Harold scowled, gr-abbing Ethanâs hand halfway and twisting it behind his back.
Ethan gro-an ed in pain.
âHow can you be so petty to want to hit a woman and not just any woman but my woman! While Iâm here! Youâre so funnyâ Harold twisted Ethanâs hand ti-ghter, ma-king it more painful.
Ethan struggled to re-lease himself from Haroldâs ti-ght and painful grip but he wasnât strong enough and when Harold finally re-leased him,he staggered back and forth gro-an ing in pain.
âI told you sheâs not to be trusted Ethan! She betrayed youâ Carrle yelled and Ethan regretted not listening to her.
How can he be so blind to everything!
It was so obvious,so clear but he just doesnât know what clouded his s-en-se of reasoning.
Heâll make sure he doesnât spare Harold and Irene once he gets out of here.
âBetray?â Irene asked Carrle who glared at her menacingly.
âNo,you can only use the word âbetrayâ for good people,just like you betrayed Harold who was so good to you. I didnât betray Ethan,Iâm only fighting for the innocent souls he has killed and hurtâ
âWhatever! Doc Cyril, wonât you be performing the baby scan?â Carrle asked and Irene laughed.
âThe baby scan weâll be performing next is to know the sÂŁx of our babyâ Irene said holding Haroldâs hand to her baby bu-mp.
âJokerâ Carrle laughed ha-rd .
âIâm not the joker here, you are. Donât blame Ethan for been dumb, youâre equally dumb. Anyway,i didnât take a sip out of the packs of jui-ce you poisonedâ Irene said, shocking Carrle to the bone.
âShe
tried to poison you?â Harold asked in disbelief.
âOf course, Ryan one of the b©dyguards c@mÂŁ to my rescue and it was all thanks to you for telling him to protect me. Thank you so much Harold for ma-king a move to protect me even when i was in another manâs houseâ Irene stared lovingly at him.
âI knew you werenât safe in their den. They are both terrible peopleâ Harold sighed,glad Irene is safe.
âRyan!â Carrle screamed in anger.
âIâm so going to kill him and i wonât spare you alsoâ Carrle said, ma-king to barge out of the doctorâs office.
Irene pushed her back and she landed on the chair with a thud.
âFool. Are you about to walk out just now? You think youâre going to get spared after attempting to poison me. No silly, youâll pay for itâ Irene said.
âWhere is my money!?â Ethan yelled at Doc Cyril who was seated, enjoying the drama in smiles.
âBring in his moneyâ Cyril said.
The door opened to reveal two cops,one of them holding a suitcase.
They didnât looked like the two unknown men Irene had seen with Cory and Tom earlier.
âMr Ethan Weston, youâre hereby arrested for the attempt to manipulate a test resultâ One of them said, sticking out an arrest warrant.
Ethan laughed. âReally? Whereâs the proof that i gave him the moneyâ
âWell..Mr Ethan,Iâm plea-sed to inform you that all you said that day was recorded in the tape recorder i had in my pocketâ Cyril win-ked.
âJust like i had a tape recorder installed in your roomâ Irene said and Ethan felt his head swim in another round of shock.
His palm went we-t and he started sweating.
âYou all are going to pay for this!â He yelled after stabilising himself.
âIâll be out in no time,i know all of your bosses and Iâll make sure you both get firedâ Ethan threatened the two cops.
âWell..thatâs too lateâ The door opened to reveal Cory, Tom and the two men Irene saw earlier.
âWhat are you doing here Tom?â Harold asked.
âWeâre in this together. Tom and i â Irene smiled as she gave Tom a hvg.
She hvgged Cory also and shook the two menâs hands saying thank you.
âWeâre going to explain later Mr Haroldâ Tom smiled, noticing Haroldâs confused look.
Cory turned to Doc Cyril. âYouâre lucky,i thought you would actually manipulate the result and i wonât waste time in arresting you together with these criminals. But congratulations on escaping that. You even summoned cops to have him arrested..Wow, the society nee-ds more of youâ Cory shook Doc Cyril hand.
âThank youâ Doc Cyril smiled.
Cory turned to Ethan and smiled.
âHello, Iâm Cory. A CIA agentâ he stretched out his hand for a handshake but Ethan just stared looking lost and angry.
âWell..I heard you earlier saying you know all of their bosses and youâll be out in no time, you just made a grave mistake in adding to the list of your offense,those bosses of theirs who has been working with you for a long time will also be arrested. And donât think you know my bosses,even if you do. They wonât be able to help you out this time, the evidences i have with me is enough to have you prosecuted in the court of lawâ Cory said stretching his hand towards one of his colleagues who handed him two handcuffs.
Ethan shifted back, breathing heavily.
Carrle bur-sted into tears knowing thereâs nothing that can be done again.
Their game is up.
âMr Ethan Weston, youâre hereby arrested for fraudulent acts,crime, corruption,theft,illegal deals,threatening and harming innocent people, planning the murder of Mr Harold Marshall with your accomplicesâ Cory said clamping the handcuff around Ethanâs wrist.
âMy..m..y murder?â Harold asked.
âYeah, heâs planning to poison you with his accomplicesâ Irene said.
âWhat!â Harold exclaimed.
âYou shouldnât be surprised yet, wait till you see his other two accomplicesâ Irene said.
âMrs Carrle Westonâ Cory turned to Carrle who was hiding her hands behind her back.
âYouâre hereby arrested for being Mr Ethanâs accomplice,for knowing about his dirty deals and refusing to report to the police,for the attem-pted murder of Irene Noris,for stealing Helenaâs nÂŁÂąklace and lastly for the murder of Helena, Haroldâs godmotherâ Cory said and Harold fell into a chair in shock.
Irene tended to him as Carrle was handcuffed .
âComâon Harold,you nee-d to br@ce up. I was shocked also. We should be glad Helenaâs murderer is finally arrested, Helena is finally going to rest in peaceâ Irene consoled Harold.
He nodded. âIâm only shocked Carrle could do that to Helena,i knew she and Helena doesnât get along but i never thought..â He sighed.
âShe poisoned Helena because Helena threatened to reveal her secret affair with Ethan, they started having an affair while she was pregnant with Ivoryâ Irene said and Harold eyes were laced with tears.
âIt must be so ha-rd to take in, i know you feel betrayed once againâ Irene ru-bbe-d his hand gently.
He smiled sadly âBetrayed? No, Iâm glad she had an affair with him or i wouldnât have met you,Iâm just so pained Helena died because of that,her life was wasted just for nothingâ
âAnd weâll make sure they pay for itâ Cory as-sured.
âSee what you caused!â Carrle screamed at Ethan in tears.
âIâm going to make you pay for this!â Ethan yelled at Harold and Irene as he was about to be led away with Carrle.
âWaitâ Irene said.
âYou know i told you Iâm going to give you a k!ssonce we get the result and the baby turns out to be yoursâ Irene said, standing in front of Ethan.
âWell..itâs so sad the baby isnât yours so how about this insteadâ She said, sl@pping his as-s.
It made a loud funny sound and everyone laughed except Ethan and Carrle who stared daggers at her.
They were finally led away.
Harold smiled and got on his feet.
Helenaâs murderer finally apprehended,it made his heart free and made him relieved.
He felt happy.
He thanked Doc Cyril and walked out of the office, holding Irene.
âWhy are they arresting Alex?â Harold asked, seeing Cory handcuff Alex before leading him away with Carrle and Ethan.
âWhatâs going on?! Alex didnât do anything wrong,they must have mistaken him for one of Ethanâs b©dyguardsâ Harold said, ma-king to st©p Cory but Irene pu-ll-ed him back.
âWell..your âinnocentâ Alex is one of Ethanâs accomplices who had joined Carrle in successfully poisoning Helena to death,he has been a spy in your house for years and not only him but Marieâ Irene said.
âWhat!â
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Harold walked into his living room and was a bit surprised to see everyone sitting and waiting for him.
His parents, Mrs Nola, Allysia and Ivory.
They all stood up, looking expectant.
âHow did it go?â They asked in unison and Harold smiled.
âI donât nee-d to explainâ He said and moved out of the way.
Irene stepped in and the scream of Allysia and Ivory was deafening.
They plopped into her almost knocking her off her feet.
Mrs Nola and Mr Marshall stared with smiles on their faces while Mrs Marshall struggled to hide her own smile also.
Two cops walked in and Harold asked Mrs Nola where Marie was.
âShe should be in her quartersâ Mrs Nola said, confused.
Harold told Rob to take the cops there and few minutes later Marie was led out with handcuff clamped around her wrists, she was staring at her feet dejectedly.
âWhatâs going on?â Mr Marshall finally asked.
âWell.. Marie has been a spy in my house for years,sheâs Ethanâs accomplice, together with Alexâ Harold said, shocking everyone.
âI knew there was something about herâ Mrs Nola lunged at Marie, dragging her hair.
Marie screamed painfully and the cops had to pu-ll her from Mrs Nolaâs grip.
She was finally led away.
âI..still donât un-derstand a thingâ Mrs Marshall said, looking confused and shocked at the same time.
âIrene is yet to fully explain to me alsoâ Harold said.
âWell..i suggest we should go to the dinning and eat while i explain. Little Ivory is starvingâ Irene said and they all got the message immediately.
Ireneâs carrying Haroldâs baby!
And sheâs back!
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âWho would have thought Carrle would be that cruelâ Mrs Marshall sighed after Irene finished narrating without leaving out any p@rt.
Tom was eating with them also..
Harold sighed..he couldnât believe Irene did all that for him.
He was so t©uçhed that he was near tears.
If anything had happened to her, he wouldnât have forgiven himself.
She went throu-gh a hvge risk just to make him happy, she knew her life was on the line but still went ahead.
âIrene..thank you, thank you so muchâ Harold held her hand ti-ghtly.
âIâm so t©uçhed you could do that for meâ He added, looking so emotional.
âItâs fine, you worth what i did for you, Harold.. youâre just the most kind hearted man Iâve ever seenâ Irene said.
âTom,i should thank you also. Thank you so muchâ Harold said to Tom who nodded and smiled.
âAnything for you Mr Harold, Ethan is a man that nee-ded to be brou-ght to book . Iâm glad i took p@rt in ensuring thatâ Tom said.
âIrene,youâre so br@veâ Mrs Marshall commended and she smiled.
âThanks to both of you and everyone else that made Ireneâs plan a success.â Mr Marshall said.
âI knew Irene would never leave Harold for Ethan. Neverâ Mrs Nola smiled.
âShe acts so well..you nee-ded to see when she was telling me sheâs going to make me pay for dropping her off in the rain. Goshâ Harold said and everyone laughed.
âI thought you had left us and i was so angry but seeing what you were trying to do made me feel so ashamed of myselfâ Mrs Marshall sighed.
âItâs fine Mrs Marshall, no one wants to see their son looking sad, i would have been angry at me too if i were youâ Irene said.
âStill..i should have trusted you like my husband and Mrs Nola did. Iâm sorryâ Mrs Marshall said.
âIâm sure you wanted to trust me but everything seems so real, and the fact that Iâm a good actor made it seems difficultâ Irene said dramatically and they all laughed again.
âTo think Alex could do such.. though Iâve always been suspicious of Marie but not Alexâ Mrs Nola said.
âI should have listened to Irene when she told me about Alex but i trusted him so muchâ Harold said.
âNo one should be trusted,this world is full of deceit. One nee-ds to be extra careful and observant â Irene said.
âIndeedâ Mrs Marshall nodded in agreement.
âWell..Iâm glad everything is over now,Iâm just so gladâ Mr Marshall smiled.
âYou donât know how happy i am to have you backâ Allysia grinned.
âBecause of the dress i want to make for you?â Irene tea-sed and they shared another round of laughter.
âI canât wait for you to start re-ading me interesting be-dtime stories againâ Ivory smiled,she was sitting close to Irene, they both are not willing to let go of each other anytime soon.
âSo..the ones Iâve been re-ading to you are not interestingâ Allysia rolled her eyes pla-yfully.
âGross. You even sleep off in the middle of re-ading me a be-dtime story and i use to be the one re-ading it to you in the endâ Ivory said and everyone laughed again.
There was so much joy in everyoneâs eyes,the atmosphere was serene.
They all felt fulfilled and happy.
âWhen is Christiana and the b©dyguard that protected you resuming work here?â Mr Marshall asked.
âChristiana will be coming with me tomorrow but i donât know Haroldâs plan for Ryanâ Irene said.
âIâll employ him as one of my b©dyguards,heâs going to take Alex placeâ Harold said and Irene felt glad because Christiana would be so happy to see Ryan everyday.
âTom..come to me later,i have something for youâ Harold said to Tom.
âOkay Mr Haroldâ Tom smiled.
âIrene,will you be slee-ping here tonight?â Ivory asked.
âNo, i nee-d to go home, to explain everything to my family,Iâll be resuming tomorrowâ Irene said.
âHowâs the baby?â Mrs Marshall grinned.
Sheâs so happy to be having a second grandchild.
âBaby?â Ivory asked.
âIvory, Irene is carrying my babyâ Harold announced to her and she g@sped.
She stared at Ireneâs stomach.
âThereâs a baby in there?â She asked in surprise âMy sibling?â
Everyone nodded.
Ivory stared at everyone and she knew they were serious,but why isnât Ireneâs stomach big..she wondered.
âWhy isnât her stomach big?â She voiced out her thoughts.
âThe baby is still growing, it hasnât grown fully yetâ Allysia explained.
âOhhâ Ivory blinked and everyone watched as she gave Irene an affectionate hvg.
Irene hvgged her back and ru-bbe-d her tiny back.
âIâll be having a sibling, yaaaaay. My friends have siblings too, Iâm going to tell my friendsâ Ivory giggled happily and they smiled.
âAnd you know what?â Irene asked.
âWhat?â Ivory asked.
âYour sibling loves strawberry flavor just like you doâ Irene smiled.
âOh my God! Strawberry is simply the best flavor, even the baby recognizes itâ Ivory said happily and everyone chuckled.
âIs that why you stole my strawberry muffins?â Ivory asked and Irene nodded.
âYou should have told me itâs for the baby!â Ivory whined.
âIâm so sorry sibling,Iâm so sorry for complaining that you ate my muffins,Iâm so sorry for being mad at Mum for giving you my strawberry muffins. I promise to give you more when you come outâ Ivory said, ru-bbing her hands together in front of Ireneâs stomach.
She was looking so serious about it that everyone laughed.
âHarold..â Irene said opening her purse.
She brou-ght out Helenaâs nÂŁÂąklace and saw his eyes glisten with tears as she wore it around his nÂŁÂąk.
He felt the s-en-se of relief he hasnât felt in years.
âI love you so much Helena. Rest in peaceâ He said, k!ss!ngthe nÂŁÂąklace.
There was silence,in respect to Helena.
Harold smiled and turned to everyone. âSheâs resting in peaceâ
He pu-ll-ed Irene with him as he stood up.
âI love you so much Irene,Iâve never loved a woman this wayâ He said as he k!$$ÂŁd her fully on thel-ips.
Her heart reached out to him like it always does and she returned the k!sswithout hesitating.
Everyone felt the love in the air and they all smiled approvingly..
âHey, youâre not supposed to be looking at thatâ Allysia whispered to Ivory.
âSame goes to youâ Ivory whispered back with a roll of eyes and Allysia felt like giving her a painful knock.
TbcâŠ
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