Silly Bride

Chapter 331

already met Stuart’s mother? But isn’t she dead?”Winnie forced a smile. “To be honest, I hope she’s not who we suspect she is. We were nearly done with our investigation, but a crucial piece of evidence was destroyed in a fire. We need some hair samples from you and Stuart for a DNA test. After all, a DNA test doesn’t lie.” Catching the sad look on Winnie’s face, an uneasy feeling rose within Rufus. “Winnie, tell me who you are referring to.”Winnie paused in contemplation before answering, “My granny.”“What?” Disbelief consumed Rufus. “How is that possible? How can there even be such a coincidence?”Winnie said, “Actually, there have always been clues. It’s just that none of us had ever thought to run such a thorough investigation. Granny had wanted to find her grandchild in the Fairchild family at first. In fact, not just her grandchild. She wanted to look for her son too. Grandpa Rufus, can you help us get some hair samples from Stuart? I already got Granny’s.”“Sure!” Rufus was still in shock. “You don’t have to run a paternity test for Stuart and me. I’d done it decades ago. I even stored a sample of his blood in the hospital. It should still be usable if you use it now.”“That’s great! We were still scratching our heads on how to get some hair samples from Stuart, but now it looks like this is no longer an issue. I’ll return to the hospital now,” Josiah said excitedly.He tacked on, “What about you, Winnie? Are you coming with me?”Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”Seeing they were about to leave, Rufus added, “I’ll authorize you to take Stuart’s blood, but I won’t be going with you. I need some time to straighten out this mess too.”Winnie and Josiah rushed to the hospital.Running a DNA test would take at least three hours, so the two had no choice but to wait outside the laboratory.Winnie wasn’t in the mood to talk during the wait. She decided to start digging through Jacinta’s phone.Winnie could tell that something was wrong when she noticed that the phone had no data whatsoever. Every piece of information in that phone had been erased. There wasn’t even one contact saved on it.To verify her doubts, she urgently called her number with Jacinta’s phone. Realization dawned upon her.The phone wasn’t the one Jacinta frequently used, and the number was also not Jacinta’s usual number.“How can this be?” Winnie stared down at the string of unfamiliar numbers on her phone. “How careless of me! Granny had two phones that looked alike! I thought just taking her phone was enough. She tricked me! I can’t believe I let my guard down!” she exclaimed.“What’s wrong? What do you mean by letting your guard down?” Josiah saw Winnie’s strange reaction and instantly peered over her phone.Nevertheless, Winnie didn’t spare a moment to answer Josiah’s questions.She was already calling Mary’s number.However, the line kept trilling, and no one picked up the call.Hearing the continuous trilling of the line, Winnie muttered, “Come on, pick up!”Josiah finally realized something was wrong. “What’s wrong? Did something happen to your granny?”“Yes, most likely!” Winnie shot to her feet. “I need to return immediately!”“Are you not going to wait for the result?”“This