Twenty-Two Minutes

Twenty-two minutes is how long it takes for a paternity result to change a man's entire life.

I know because I watched the clock the whole time, the way you watch a fuse.

The envelope is on the desk. My name — the name I was told was mine — printed in a font chosen by a lab that has no idea what it's about to detonate.

Twenty-two minutes ago I was an heir. In one more I'll know if that was ever true.

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