149 — PAINFUL SEPARATION

Tariq’s words settled around the room like dust on a dark, gloomy night.

No one said anything for the next few seconds. The room was as quiet as a graveyard… until Mendez broke the silence.

“What’s your evidence that you’re really Alexander’s son? You could just be a scam trying to get money from us.”

Tariq tried to argue but Alex hurriedly cut in;

“There’s no need to enagage them in a fruitless argument when we can just show them prove.”

He lifted a finger and one of his guards, Peter, came forward with a briefcase. He retrieved a few papers from the briefcase and handed them to Alex who in turn gave the papers to Mendez.

“In case you’re wondering, that’s the DNA test result. It was conducted by Alexander himself before he passed as evidence that I’m really his biological grandson.

If you check the date, that test was conducted almost twenty four years ago. Do you believe me now?”

Mendez ran his eyes through the papers, his heartbeat tripling with shock.

“It can’t be. It can’t fuck