As the nurse prepped her for the blood sample, Mary had time to think. She pulled out her phone and, against her better judgment, sent her sister a message. She attached a picture of the clinic and told Esmerelda she was undergoing the DNA test right now.
To her surprise, Esmerelda replied almost immediately. Her message was frantic: “Please, Mary, leave the clinic while you still can! If not for your sake, do it for the family. I beg you!” Mary’s heart raced—why was her sister so desperate?