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Jim asked, leaning back in his chair.

Dex wished she were anywhere but here. The law office was decorated in such intense black and white that humanity seemed like an intrusion. Then, from a back office, she heard a baby cry. If it went with the decor, it must be a baby penguin.

“Well,” Burt Page said, folding his hands atop his desk, “this is an odd situation. I have Dr. Saldivar’s will here. You’re both named.”

“But why?” Dex couldn’t imagine that Dr. Saldivar would leave her so much as a test tube.

Jim shook his head. “I don’t understand, either.”

“It has to do with Ayoka,” said the attorney.

“Who?” Dex asked.

Burt cleared his throat. “She’s the, er, baby.”

“What baby?” Jim glanced at Dex. “If Dr. Saldivar adopted a child, what could that possibly have to do with either of us?”

“Ayoka isn’t adopted. She’s yours. Uh…both of yours.”