Sweet Relief

Two months later

We receive the DNA test result from the court. I get nervous when Alaric approaches me with the result. We sit at the edge of our bed, and he unseals the letter. Once he brings it out, I stop him from opening it.

"I'm nervous," I tell him.

He stands up from the bed and gets a glass of water from the table. Then he offers it to me. I accept it and drink it up in one gulp before ret