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I am sorry to inform you that there has been a dreadful mistake at the Moller Clinic, resulting in too many patients receiving the same donor sperm. If you are planning to start a family, you should have your DNA tested as a matter of urgency to make sure you don’t share the same biological father as your partner.
Regards,
Carstan Moller
A buzzing noise filled Chris’s ears and the room swam before him. Jan’s parents must have used the clinic and never told her. He felt sick and bile rose in his throat. History was repeating itself. First Camile and now Jan. His worst nightmare was coming true. Anne had told him some time ago that while most of those who shared Moller’s genes looked very similar, not all did.
What were the odds of this happening to him again! He couldn’t believe it. He held his head in his hands. They were half brother and sister, just as he and Camile were. He could cope with anything, but not losing Jan. He loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. There never could or would be anyone else. Ian and Emma had been able to move on, but he knew he couldn’t. He was older than them and had been through this before. Without Jan, he was nothing. He couldn’t risk losing her. She believed their baby had a small malformation of his feet and it would stay that way for as long as possible.
Blinking back tears, Chris deleted the email and then, closing the laptop, telephoned Anne.
‘I need to talk to you urgently. It’s about Jan and our baby.’
SEVENTY
‘If you really want a home birth then it’s fine with me,’ Jan said, kissing Chris’s cheek. ‘It’s not a problem. Although shouldn’t I still go for the next scan?’
‘No need,’ Chris said. ‘Anne can do it at home here. She’s highly experienced and has all the equipment she needs, including a portable ultrasound scanner. I will feel much happier with Anne taking care of you after what happened to Camile.’
Jan looked at him with compassion. ‘But what happened to Camile was very different.’
‘I know, but things can still go wrong, and if they do, Anne is the best person to deal with it.’
She saw his sadness and concern. ‘Chris, I think you’re worrying unnecessarily, unless there’s something you’re not telling me.’
‘Of course there isn’t. It’s simply that Anne is the best.’
‘OK,’ Jan agreed.
‘You’ll like her,’ Chris persisted. ‘I know you didn’t think much of her when you first met her in Coleshaw Woods, but that’s because you thought I was seeing her. You haven’t really got to know her. She’s a fantastic midwife and a good friend of mine.’