"Yes I can Ben, but life got in the way. You did the best you could raising Luther, but I gave him everything he wanted and spoiled him as Mr. Z. After his shift we made the decision to send him away and it broke your heart, soul and spirit. That's why you went and had yourself bred in the program. I was so lost I didn't know what to do—I had lost my Ben and our son. But look at us now, we have a wonderful family and we made it through."
"Yes we have," Ben replied, "but tell me, have you ever thought about meeting someone new?"
Z held up his hand. "There's only room enough for one love in my heart and it will always be you Ben, even if I have to watch you with someone else. Just knowing that you're happy is enough for me, you and our family. It's young ones like Chris and Lex, Randy and Eric that I'm very proud of because the sacrifices we went through made their love possible."
"Keep your heart and mind open," Ben remarked. "It could happen again."
"As long as we are talking about family, what's the status on Daniel and Hyden? Are there any test results yet?" Ben inquired.
"Luther wants to hold off for a while and see if anything can be dug up through research. I don't agree with him but it's his son we are talking about," Zach replied.
"Daniel might be his son but he isn't thinking with a clear mind. Besides, the boys have a right to know so they can be prepared in the event of bad news. They are grown young men, not children," Ben replied.
Daniel, who had been standing outside of the office door when he heard his and Hyden's name mentioned, entered Zach's office. "Okay old men, what do I and Hyden need to know and what exactly does father have to do with telling us?"
"Get Hyden and come back and we will talk," Ben replied.
"It will be just the four of us behind closed doors—you two, Hyden and myself, period," Daniel remarked.
"Chris has information about the situation so he will need to be included so he can get the ball rolling," Zach replied.
"Ok but no more," Daniel said.
Daniel walked into the office with Hyden; Chris was already waiting there. Daniel and Hyden took a seat on the side sofa next to Ben, who took his grandson's spare hand for support. "With all of the drama going on, something was discovered that might affect your lives very seriously. Daniel, Hyden, you know all about the A-I/Breeding program and your DNA Donor."
"Yes we understand that," Daniel said.
"Hyden, do you understand how this could affect you also?" Ben asked.
"Not really, why?" he replied.
"Hyden, you were conceived by the A-I program. One of the biggest suppliers of semen was F-7 Ranch and their main stud the Russian Destroyer. Your main file is missing the section on DNA so we have no idea who fathered you and that could be serious, even devastating," Chris replied.
Hyden's grip on Daniel's hand tightened. "In other words I might be carrying my half brother's child and him as well. That would mean that the pregnancies would have to be terminated which is dangerous in itself because of the mental strain due to Genman hormones."
"Yes," answered Chris.
Daniel and Hyden looked into each other's eyes. "Where and when can the test be run so we can finally put this Russian out of our families' lives forever?" Hyden asked.
Chris picked up the blood lab kit. "I can draw the blood here since it's just Hyden, carry it to the lab, run the DNA test and have the computer compare it to Daniel's and have the results in about an hour."
Hyden held out his arm. "Get to it big boy, just don't hurt me because I don't like needles."
Chris smiled and patted Hyden's arm. "I wouldn't dare hurt my future brother-in-law at all."
Chris walked out of the office headed to the lab. He ran into Lex who wanted to talk to him, but he was on a mission and told him to follow him to the lab—he might need his help and they could talk there.
They arrived at the blood lab and Chris took the vial of blood and placed it in the centrifuge. "What's the big rush?" Lex inquired.
"Emergency DNA test for someone special," Chris responded as he removed the tube and started to run the test. Just to be safe he ran another test. Chris inserted the flash drive with Daniel's data for comparison. As they were waiting on the test, Chris turned to Lex. "What was up?"
Lex held up a pregnancy test strip and it was blue. "Congratulations Father, we're going to have a baby in 8-1/2 months."
Chris was over the moon when the DNA results of the first test came back inconclusive, so he ran the second test. Lex and Chris were kissing when the next results came back and they read: 0.00% DNA MATCH.
Chris hugged Lex. "Now let's go tell all of them the news—they are waiting in Claude's office."
Lex was puzzled by Chris's statement. "Who were they?"
Chris and Lex walked into the office. Daniel let out a frown that his little brother was there. "I ran into this one on the way to the lab and he doesn't know what's up, just that it was discussed," Chris apologized.
"It's okay. Do you have the results for us?" Hyden replied.
"I do and here they are," he said as he handed the envelope to Hyden who opened it with trembling hands. As Hyden and Daniel looked at the graphs that confused them, Chris said, "You will be interested in the numbers at the bottom."
Daniel couldn't believe his eyes as he read 0.00% DNA MATCH. Hyden started to cry and hugged Daniel and then Chris. After everything calmed down, Lex started to speak. "There was also another test today and the results were that WE'RE PREGNANT," he said as he held up the test results.
"You know Z, you might have to add on to the house if this keeps up," Ben commented.
"Nope, this horny bunch is going to have to find them another hobby other than screwing," Zach replied.
Everyone laughed. "Can we tell the rest of the family at supper tonight?" Lex asked.
"Everyone will attend, no excuses. Ben, you and Claude are part of this crazy family so be here," Zach remarked.