I returned to my villa earlier than expected… and what I discovered left me speechless.😮 On the porch, three pregnant women were trembling in front of my children. Inside, Paul and Marc were raising their glasses as if they had just won a battle.
My son said coldly:
— Give them money and demand that they never return to this family again.
I was 70 years old. For forty years, I had built a fortune in Valencian ceramics. Nine years earlier, I had lost my wife, Marie. Since her death, my children had considered me a predictable man, incapable of hiding anything from them.
Yet I had hidden one thing from them.
During a recent trip to Europe, I had met three women: Anna, a 31-year-old restorer, Julie, a 29-year-old event organizer, and Emma, a 33-year-old teacher.
I had been honest with them about one thing: I had promised none of them marriage or a fortune. But I had made a serious mistake. Each of them believed she was the only woman in my life.
Seven weeks after my return, all three told me they were pregnant.
I immediately agreed to have paternity tests carried out.
But Marc, obsessed with the family inheritance, had already prepared three agreements for €75,000 each to buy their silence.
I tore them up in front of him.
— No one will sign anything in this house.
My son turned pale.
— You’re going to sacrifice Mom’s inheritance for three strangers?
Before I could answer, the geneticist, Dr. Thomas, opened his file.
— Mr. Martin… the results are extremely unusual.
I held my breath.
— These three pregnancies do not correspond to conventional paternity. Yet all three babies have an exceptionally rare genetic profile linked to you.
Then he added:
— I have only observed something similar twice in my entire career.
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Dr. Thomas remained silent for a few seconds, then placed the results in front of me.
— Mr. Martin, I will be very clear. The paternity tests are conclusive: all three babies are indeed your biological children.
I looked at Anna, Julie, and Emma. All three were crying silently.
But something was troubling me.
— Then why did you say the results were unusual?
The doctor handed me another document.
— Because we discovered that you are a carrier of a rare genetic mutation inherited from your family. It is not dangerous to you, but all three of your unborn children have inherited it as well.
I breathed a sigh of relief. In the end, it wasn’t the terrible secret I had imagined. But Thomas added:
— There is something else. This mutation was already recorded in your wife Marie’s medical records.
I froze.
— Marie knew about it?
— Yes. She had a genetic test nine years before her death. And someone requested that the results be removed from your family medical records.
I slowly turned toward my sons.
Marc didn’t say another word. Paul avoided my gaze. At that moment, I realized they knew something.
And when Marc finally spoke, his first words sent chills down my spine:
— Dad… Mom asked us never to reveal the truth to you.
