And at the lab, she put an envelope of cash on the counter in front of a technician, and told him what the result was going to say.

“The final report reads zero percent,” she said.

“Paternity excluded.”

The technician hesitated.

“Falsifying a legal paternity document is a federal crime.”

Fiona turned her phone around to show him a wire transfer, and let him name his own price for the crime.