His breathing became heavier.

“You’re lying,” he whispered.

The detective slowly opened the rest of the file.

“No.”

“We ran the test three times.”

He turned the page around so the suspect could see the highlighted result.

99.98% match.

The suspect’s confident attitude was gone.

His hands started trembling.

“That man… he attacked me years ago,” he said quietly.

“I never even knew his name.”

The detective studied his face carefully.

“That’s the problem.”

The suspect frowned.

“What problem?”

The detective pointed at another line in the report.

“Your DNA was already in the system.”

“For a completely different reason.”

The suspect’s eyes widened.

“Why?”

The detective leaned back slowly.

Because the DNA match didn’t just prove the victim was his father.

It also revealed something that made the entire investigation take a terrifying turn.

The victim…

wasn’t the only member of that family who had recently been murdered.