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Chapter 6 - THE FORGED TRUTH

The key to the entire trap was the DNA test. In the eyes of the law and the public, a certified DNA report carried absolute weight. If Victoria had a legitimate document showing Ryan was 99.9% the father of her child, no amount of photo analysis would save him in court.

Elena, Sophia's paralegal friend, met them at a quiet diner on the outskirts of town later that evening. She spread several medical files across the booth table.

"I investigated the lab listed on Victoria's paternity document," Elena explained, pointing to the letterhead. "Apex Genetics Diagnostics based in Nevada."

" Nevada again," Ryan noted bitterly. "Same place as the fake marriage license."

"Here’s where it gets interesting," Elena said, leaning in lower. "Apex Genetics isn't a full diagnostic hospital. It’s a private commercial lab owned by a holding company called Helios Ventures."

Sophia leaned forward. "And who owns Helios Ventures?"

Elena pulled out a corporate registry document. "A network of offshore LLCs... but the primary managing director registered in Nevada state filings is a man named Dr. Harrison Blake. A fertility specialist who lost his medical license in California four years ago for falsifying records."

Ryan gasped. "Harrison Blake... I know that name!"

Sophia looked at him. "From where?"

"Four years ago, before we started our last round of IVF," Ryan remembered frantically, "Marcus recommended a specialist named Dr. Blake. He urged me to go get my preliminary genetic screening done at his private clinic!"

Sophia’s mind raced, connecting the terrifying dots. "Ryan... when you went for that screening four years ago... did they take a DNA sample?"

"They took blood and saliva samples," Ryan said, his face draining of all color. "I spent two hours at his clinic. They told me the results were normal."

"They didn't just screen you, Ryan," Sophia said, horror gripping her throat. "They stored your DNA profile! Dr. Blake kept your genetic sequence on file!"

"Which means," Elena interjected, "Victoria didn't have to fake the DNA match. Dr. Blake used Ryan’s actual stored genetic profile from four years ago to artificially generate a matching report—or worse, they used his preserved genetic sample to impregnate Victoria through artificial insemination!"

A sickening silence fell over the table. The depth of the conspiracy was far darker than simple Photoshop. This was calculated, methodical, medical villainy spanning years.

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"They used my body..." Ryan whispered, his hands trembling violently on the table. "They used my genetic material to create a child just to destroy us?"

"If Dr. Blake performed an illegal procedure or falsified a federal lab report," Sophia said, her eyes flashing with dangerous anger, "he committed a federal felony. And we are going to make him confess."

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