A man who believes that stops checking whether it’s true.”

He laid the grey folder flat on my lap.

“But that is not the most significant thing we found.

When Claudia became a party to the contested assets, I ran a comprehensive legal check on her, as a matter of course.

And I turned up an active paternity and child-support proceeding, filed in Cook County eight months ago.

With a certified DNA report already in the court record.”