The attorney stared.

“Then the hospital and child-welfare authorities will respond to parents refusing to assume care of a newborn.”

That finally frightened them.

Not enough to make them love her.

Enough to make them understand abandonment had paperwork too.

PART 15 — THE FIRST DNA TEST

Because they alleged the wrong embryo had been transferred, attorneys agreed that genetic testing was appropriate.

Not some drugstore swab.

Accredited laboratory.