Chapter 3 - The DNA Test Confirmed I Was Amara Vale—But Someone Tried to Kill Me Before Dante Could Announce ItThe DNA results arrived the next morning.
I was sitting across from Dante when Dr. Ellis entered.
He placed the envelope on the table.
Dante didn't open it immediately.
He looked at me.
Then he opened it.
His eyes moved across the page.
He stopped breathing.
"She's mine."
The words were barely audible.
I felt tears burning my eyes.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Twenty years of questions.
Twenty years of wondering where I came from.
Twenty years of believing I had been abandoned because I wasn't wanted.
And suddenly...
I had a father.
Dante walked toward me.
He stopped.
Then he asked:
"Can I hug you?"
I nodded.
His arms wrapped around me.
He held me like he was afraid I might disappear again.
"I'm sorry."
I whispered:
"You didn't know."
"I should have found you."
"You tried."
"I should have tried harder."
I cried against his shoulder.
For the first time in my life, someone held me like I belonged somewhere.
But happiness lasted less than an hour.
A gunshot shattered the window.
Dante pulled me down.
Glass exploded across the room.
Marco drew his weapon.
"Sniper!"
Security rushed in.
Dante covered me with his body.
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
He looked furious.
"Lock down the entire property."
The sniper escaped.
But we found something.
A small black card had been left beneath the window.
One word was written on it.
AMARA.
Dante stared at it.
"This wasn't an assassination attempt."
"What?"
"It was a message."
He looked at me.
"Someone knows."
I understood.
My return wasn't secret anymore.
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Someone had discovered that Amara Vale was alive.
And they were terrified.
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