Arthur Vance did not raise his voice again.

He simply picked up the phone, called his personal attorney, and ordered a second paternity test — administered by an independent federal forensic laboratory, the samples collected and sealed under his own direct supervision, with a chain of custody that no bribe on earth could reach.

At eight o’clock the next morning, the federal courier arrived, and Arthur broke the wax seal on the envelope himself, in front of all of us.

He read the single figure on the page.

He turned, slowly, and walked into Flynn’s study, and set the paper flat on the desk in front of his grandson.

Probability of Paternity: 99.99%.