Theo smiled dryly. “That should work.”
* * * *
It did work. The lawyer, Ira Varnham, replied to Theo’s email on Friday morning. It was long, filled with legalese, but when it came down to it, the man insisted that Theo get a DNA test, immediately, and have the doctor or lab send the sample to the lab Varnham used, where it would be analyzed and compared with Fredrick Chadwick’s. If the results proved that Theo was indeed Chadwick’s grandson, then the lawyer would set up a meeting with him.
At Ric’s prompting, Theo got in touch with a lab in the city, stressed the importance of his request, and was able to go in over his lunch hour for them to take swabs from the inside of his mouth. They promised to overnight them to Varnham’s lab, for an additional fee.
“I’d better get some money out
