A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 205 The Paternity Test

“How can you be so sure?” William had of course been hoping this but was it actually a possibility?

“Go back and check, as for Peter, I will help you to look into it!” After Alexis had said this he hung up.

“What did he say?” Sherry asked nervously.

“Sherry, is there a possibility that Dan is our child?” He said carefully, staring into her eyes, if Alexis hadn’t said it then he would never have expected this. But as soon as Alexis reminded him it was as if he had been dealt a much unexpected blow.

“Dan? Oh my gosh!” Sherry was dumbfounded, “Really? Other people say that he looks like me, and to be honest he really does look similar to me, however, could this really be possible?”

‘How she had hoped that Dan was really her biological child!’

“We need to go and check the DNA immediately.” William pressed hard on the car pedal and sped off as fast as an arrow.

As soon as they arrived home, John had also just returned from playing ball with Dan and as soon as William saw the two of them he said excitedly, “Have you seen how much my father likes Dan? Perhaps even more than Sammy? And this child is also so very clever; I really hope that he is my son!”

William helped her undo her seatbelt, “Don’t tell my father!”

Although, he was also worried about what would he do if he wasn’t his child?

As soon as Sherry got out of the car she shouted out, “Dan?”

“Mummy!” As soon as he turned his head and saw Sherry he displayed a big smile, his red lips and white teeth were an exact resemblance to Sherry’s!

William felt slightly flushed as he watched them.

“Dan!” Sherry hugged him tight, praying from the bottom of her heart that Dan was really her son.

“Did you both go out?” John asked.

“Father, we want to take Dan out for a bit, we will be back soon.” William said, for he didn’t want his father to know that he wanted to take Dan to get a DNA test.

“Where are you going?” John was waiting to play chess with Dan.

“To see my wife’s father, we will be back soon!” William had already picked up Dan, “Son, we are going out for a bit!”

“I am not your son!” Dan shrugged, “Sammy is your son!”

Being told this William felt slightly put down, Sammy was not! However he said nothing, “Let’s go Sherry!”

At the hospital.

William said to Dan, “Hey, let’s go get a test done?”

“What test?” Dan frowned.

Sherry said, “Dan, we are just going to get a test to check for your blood type, just a few drops of blood is all that’s needed!”

“Do I really have to?” Dan asked.

“Are you afraid it will hurt?” Sherry had always taught him to be brave.

“I’m not afraid! But I do feel that Will and you are both looking slightly strange!” Dan was very sensitive to the changes of a person and therefore noticed they both looked a little off. “I have a feeling that you want the blood to confirm who my parents are!”

William and Sherry both felt slightly awkward for a moment, this child really was too clever.

Then at this moment William’s usual doctor came over to them, “Mr. Rowland, the fastest the result can be back is in about half a day, because the testing centre is quite busy at the moment!”

“You aren’t able to get the results back a little quicker?” William was very anxious to know.

“This already is the quickest time!”

“Alright then, let’s go get the blood test done!” William stretched out his hand to Dan.

“A test for what?” Dan asked rather surprised, “Mummy?”

Sherry was taken aback, “Dan, Mummy never lies and what I’m going to tell you now is that it’s something important to Mummy and William, you do not ask why you have to get this test done, ok?”

She didn’t want to give the child some hope and then get hurt, nor did she want to lie to him.

“Alright mummy! Then I won’t ask anymore!” Dan nodded his head and obediently took William’s hand. “Doctor, you can stick the needle into my hand, I’m not scared!”

“Such a good child!” The doctor patted Dan’s head and then glanced at the two of them again and sighed as he said, “I have a feeling that even without the test, things are clear actually?”

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Sherry and William were both holding on to this hope, for if it was really true then this would be amazing. There was no way to put into words how they were feeling.

The doctor took blood samples from all three of them, and as Sherry looked at her son’s hand, her heart ached, “Dan, does it hurt?”

Dan shook his head, “Mum, do you feel any pain? I can blow on it for you…”

Sherry trembled inside, the pain getting worse. However as she looked at her son’s face which really did look like hers, inside she was feeling a whole mix of emotions.

Dan grabbed Sherry’s hand and blew on the wound several times, “Mummy, does it still hurt?”

Sherry burst into tears immediately, “Dan, it’s all better now!”

“Mummy, why are you crying?” Dan helped her to wipe the tears away feeling slightly puzzled, “Mummy, don’t cry! I will be very good to you, so please don’t cry, mummy shouldn’t cry right? Are you crying because it still hurts?”

William felt very touched for he had never seen such a caring child, tears were forming at his eyes as he crouched down and stretched his arms out around Sherry and Dan.

Dan raised his head to look at William, their beautiful eyes were both so similar, and Dan blinked feeling uncertain, “Will, did it hurt you too? Should I blow on your wound a little as well?”

When William heard this he tensed, they all say that blood is thicker than water. But this child was so caring, so regardless if this child was his biological son or not, Sherry and he will still treat him like his own. This of course includes Sammy; they will both love Dan and Sammy dearly.

“Dan, your mother and I are fine; we are both so gratified that you are so caring and kind.” William hugged the two of them and embraced them tight into his chest. “Alright, let’s go home now; the doctor will call us once the results come out.”

“Alright!” Sherry nodded.

They were able to wait, but Dan was still just a child, so if they waited here for half a day then it would already be dark outside and Dan would be hungry.

“Let’s go home!” William let go of them.

Sherry suddenly picked up the child, “Dan, is it ok if I can carry you out?”

Dan felt a little puzzled as to why he was being picked up, although he liked his mum to hold him, he was a little too heavy now. He wondered how she suddenly had so much strength, “Mummy, you must be struggling, how about we just hold hands and leave together! Put me down!”

Sherry held him stubbornly, “Mummy wants to carry Dan.”

As she said this she carried Dan outside, how could William not understand how she was feeling right now? Sherry wanted to absorb some of the energy from Dan’s body, regardless of if this child was hers or not, he had been the strength that had enabled Sherry to survive for all these years…

Dan seemed to sense that Sherry was a little different today, so he obediently put his arms around her neck. “Mummy, I’m going to play golf with John today, for he wants to teach me how to play. Maybe next time I could then teach you?”

“Alright, sounds good to me!” Sherry nodded her head, with tears still held back.

William was by their side, guarding them as he escorted them to the car. As soon as she was in the car, Sherry thought back to how William turned out to be allergic to coriander, and then how Dan was also allergic to coriander.

‘Could it be possible?’

‘Was it really a possibility?’

She hugged the child rather apprehensively, and was in a trance the whole journey home.

Everyone sat down together for a meal, Sherry had specially asked Mrs. Howe to make shredded lamb with coriander. As the dishes were placed down onto the table and the strong smell of coriander could be smelt, the three men at the table frowned.

John hit the table and shouted, “What is this? Didn’t I say that you can’t be serving coriander anymore? Take it away immediately!”

Mrs. Howe was taken aback and looked at Sherry.

Sherry looked at Dan and frowned, “That’s right, Mrs. Howe, Coriander is not so good and if I eat it then I will develop a rash! It will be very itchy, so I can’t eat this, please take it away!”

William also frowned, although he didn’t make her take the dish away, he was feeling the same way.

After hearing Dan’s words, Sherry’s and William’s eyes met. They were both very agitated as they had been waiting for the results for a long time. But she sat there full of hope as if the child was theirs.

John then suddenly said, “Wait, Dan, what did you say?”

“Grandpa, you also don’t like coriander? Me too!”

“I like it!” Sammy chipped in.

John laughed as he shook his head, “I really am wondering if you could actually be part of this family! It is a little strange for you to have the same allergy as me and William.”

As soon as he said this he suddenly felt that something was wrong and explained to Sherry, “Sherry, don’t misunderstand me, William is not the kind of man to be disloyal, but if it turns out he has then I will be taking your side and sort it out for you!”

“John!” Sherry’s expression was pleasantly surprised, and although some things could not be said in front of the child, John’s words gave her some courage to ask, “Do you also feel that Dan is similar to William?”

“Yes! He also looks very similar to Will’s mum, especially their eyes!” John really liked this child and always used this child’s eyes to reminisce about his dead wife, thinking about all those wonderful past years together.

“Take it away, Mrs. Howe!” William said, feeling very uneasy.

Mrs. Howe took the coriander away and with that the smell also disappeared. John, Dan and William all seemed to be relieved.

“Great! I don’t have to eat the coriander now!” Dan lowered his head and started to eat his meal.

“But I would have liked to eat it!” Sammy was a little disappointed. Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Then go to the kitchen and eat it!” Dan said. “Then once you’ve finished it come back!”

As Sherry watched what was going on the feeling in her heart grew stronger and stronger. Dan was her son; he must be, for certain!

After they finished eating.

Time was ticking away bit by bit, and now it was already 10PM at night and the children had gone to sleep.

The night sky was pitch black, and Sherry’s back was starting to ache, and in the end couldn’t help but rub her waist. She sighed and frowned slightly, the time to wait for the result was so long, but they still had to wait another two hours until it was midnight.

She never had realized that time passed so slowly.

William had walked in which made her raise her head and ask anxiously, “Is there any news?”

“We still need to wait two more hours!” He was also waiting, “Sherry, you are looking very distressed, don’t be like this.”

“But I really am very anxious; my heart is thumping so much for I’m so afraid if he isn’t.” Her heart was thumping and she held her hands together tightly for she had never been this anxious in her life.

William hugged her, “Whether he is our biological child or not, he will still be our child. If he really is our child then great, but in case not then we can’t be so disappointed and we will go check again.”

“Alright.” She nodded her head.

Sherry’s expression returned to normal, but there was still the look of sadness in her eyes.

He looked at Sherry and felt a pain in his chest as if he was being stabbed. If the child wasn’t his then how could he cast him away, how could he be so cruel and take away the child and separate him from his mother, that would be too cruel.

William blamed himself for a while and then whispered into Sherry’s ear, “I’m so sorry, it’s all my fault!”

His apology made her want to cry, but she turned around and hugged his waist. “It’s ok, don’t blame yourself. At that time you didn’t love me, so how could you have thought about the problem from my perspective. None of us expected this; everything has been down to fate.”