Chapter 13 - HOW ELEANOR GOT THE FETAL DATAThe fetal genetic profile did not come from a stolen amniocentesis sample.
Thank God.
It came from something more mundane and uglier.
At twelve weeks, I completed a commercially processed cell-free DNA screening test.
The patient portal allowed downloadable technical data.
I had sent David the login because he wanted to see the results before our appointment.
David stored passwords in an encrypted manager.
Chloe had temporary access to his laptop after his death because she was looking for company files.
She found the logged-in browser history and reset one portal password through David’s email, which she also had access to as part of family-business administration after his hospitalization.
She downloaded files.
Those files alone were not designed as a paternity test.
Atlas Kinship apparently accepted them as part of a custom analysis after Eleanor supplied a purported paternal specimen.
That conduct generated privacy and computer-access questions.
Not instant felony charges.
Intent and authorization mattered.
The estate owned some of David’s digital accounts after death.
My medical portal was not his property simply because he once knew the password.
Caroline said:
“We deal with that separately.”
Everything was separate.
Probate.
Privacy.
Family business.
Potential computer misuse.
Civil claims.
Grief.
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I wanted one courtroom.
Life refused.
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