The court approved an independently supervised genetic test in February.

I had been waiting for confirmation for weeks, but the morning the result was due I could barely button my shirt.

I went to the office anyway, stared at a page of numbers for two hours, and finally admitted I wasn’t doing anything useful.

Sandra called just before lunch.

“We have the results,” she said.

“The accredited laboratory finds an extremely high probability that you’re Chloe’s biological father.

The maternal comparison is consistent with Camilla being her biological mother.