Inside the car, Ben gently held Melanie's hand and asked, "Are you absolutely sure you want to do this?"
Melanie smiled softly, squeezing his hand for reassurance. "Yes, I want to do this. To be honest, this has been weighing on me for years, but I don't have the courage and the means and I'm glad William brought it up. If there's even a chance his suspicions are right, we need to know."
William had approached Melanie with a bold request: to retrieve anything belonging to Tim that could be used for a DNA test. He strongly suspected that Rain wasn't actually Tim's biological daughter, a possibility that had been gnawing at him for days. He needed answers, and Melanie shared his determination.
