Chapter 73 Saying Goodbye

• Raiden stood in the center of the paternity lab's lobby, his eyes vacant as he observed the staff and clients moving around him. Exhaustion weighed on him more heavily than ever, and an emptiness gnawed at his core.
• It was as if the one thing that had always given him purpose had crumbled, leaving him adrift and unmoored.
• Amid the throng of unfamiliar faces, he caught sight of Denny, speaking on the phone and holding a folded paternity test result.