— Still, I want the test. Otherwise, we’ll divorce.
I adored my husband and cherished our son. I knew my loyalty was unquestionable: I had never been with another man, I loved only him. Yet for his peace of mind, we went to the clinic and provided our samples.
A week later the results were finished. The doctor phoned and urged me to come at once. My palms trembled in the hallway. When I entered, he lifted his head from the file and said gravely:
— You’d better sit down.
— Why, doctor? What’s wrong? — my chest thumped wildly.
And then came the words that shattered my world…
— Ihr Mann ist nicht der leibliche Vater Ihres Sohnes.
— Das ist unmöglich! — Ich hätte fast geschrien. — Ich war immer treu. Ich hatte nie jemand anderen!
Der Arzt atmete tief aus:
