Joanna stuck her tongue out at the back of Madison's head.

“I saw that."

"Cheating bat girl." The curvaceous blond escorted Madison into the building. She sat down in the lobby in plain sight of the front desk and watched as Madison made her way to the elevator. And then into the elevator. And then back out again. Then she had to hit the button and wait for the next elevator, which she watched come and go.

Joanna sighed, stood up, walked over, and shoved Madison into the next available car.

"You bi--" Madison yelped as the doors closed behind her. She tried hard to compose herself, quite aware that she was being stared at by the other passengers. ‘You can do this. It's going to come back negative and then I can go back to my Life. Just a few more minutes.'

“Miss Sloan." Mr. Hannity stepped out of the door leading to the doctor's office.

“Did you have any difficulty . . . uhm, finding the place?"

“No, I've been here before," Madison said.

"Unless that was a really cheap blind joke, in which case you can kiss my ——"

“No, absolutely not. Honestly, I just didn't know what else to say."

"Let's let the doctor do the talking." She walked into the office, waited for Mr. Hannity to close the door behind her, then sat down.

“Thank you both for coming, Doctor Callous said.

"First, let me explain how the process works —-

“sir, I really, really don't care how the process works," Madison said plaintively.

"I just want to get this over with."

"Just a moment," William said, then turned to his young companion.

"I want you to know that no matter what, I intend to see that Alvin is punished for what he has done. And I do not need the test to know this is no farce nor game. You are my —-"

"You don't know that!" Madison said, getting to her feet.

"Actually, yes we do," Doctor Callous said as calmly and gently as possible.

“Everything lines up, and the markers don't lie."

Madison did not want to cry, but she knew she was close.

"No, check again."

"Madison, is this really so bad?" Mr. Hannity asked.

"Miss Sloan, we checked three times, using both blood and hair. One false positive would have been possible, but three? No. I can say with absolute certainty that Mr. William Hannity is your father."