With her head low, she walked upstairs and joined the others; Philip, Brown, and Sandwell stood inside the master bedroom.
"What's up?"
"The DNA results are out," Brown replied.
Erica's heart began beating very fast as she swallowed hard. "What... what does the result say?"
"Three DNAs, one Pickford's and two unknown female DNAs," he replied.
"Two?"
"Yes and this is where it gets complicated. The two females are related, and one female is related to Pickford by 99.9% DNA," he added.
Erica's eyes were almost bulging out of her sockets. She pressed on her lips, trying to find the right questions to what seemed to be a puzzle.
"Let me help you out. One of the females is the other female's mother, who we could only assume is the little girl in the footage, while Pickford is the father," Philip explained.
Erica held her chest as she felt a bit of dizziness coming on. She slowly took a seat on the bed, speechless.
