Chapter 7 - Confirmation. .
The paternity test, completed within a week, confirmed definitively that Lily was indeed my biological daughter, the results providing overwhelming, emotional clarity regarding this remarkable connection.
"I have a daughter," I told Marco during one particularly meaningful conversation, still processing this enormous revelation alongside my continued recovery from months of calculated poisoning. "Eight years I never knew existed."
"What do you want to do?" Marco asked.
"I want her properly, formally part of my life," I said firmly. "Elena too, if she's willing to consider that possibility, though I understand completely if she needs considerable time to properly process everything that's happened."
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Elena, given the opportunity to properly discuss Lily's future involvement in my life, expressed cautious, genuine willingness to build appropriate, gradual relationship.
"I want Lily to know her father," she said carefully. "But Alessandro, I need you to understand, our relationship needs to develop slowly, carefully, given everything complicated about your world and everything I've worked to protect her from."
