Chapter 13 - The DNA test
Naya requested prenatal paternity testing?
No.
Too invasive and unnecessary absent a genuine dispute.
Mike did not deny being the father of Naya’s baby.
After birth, ordinary legal paternity testing confirmed it as part of the support proceeding because Naya wanted clean documentation.
Their son, Lucas, was born healthy eight weeks after the shower.
Mike was the father.
Molly was also confirmed through the earlier test.
No surprise that Daniel was biologically Mike’s? No.
Daniel was Evan’s son.
His birth certificate and history were clear.
One internet rumor claimed Daniel was secretly Mike’s child.
False.
I corrected nothing publicly.
The internet did not deserve our family tree.
Naya gave Lucas her surname initially.
Spencer later appeared on the acknowledgment paperwork? She ultimately used Spencer as middle? Keep simple: Lucas James Reid? But Naya is maybe Reed. We didn't establish surnames. Let's say Lucas Naya's surname? We can avoid.
Mike attended the hospital after Naya allowed a short visit.
They did not reconcile.
He filed for parenting time.
Naya sought child support.
No dramatic attempt to keep him away forever.
She told me:
“He did terrible things to us. That does not automatically mean he will be a terrible father to Lucas.”
I stared.
“That was unexpectedly mature.”
“Pregnancy ruined me.”
“Apparently.”
We laughed once.
First sister laugh in over a year.
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It felt wrong.
Then less wrong.
