"So," the Major asked when the door closed behind Dana. "Is it true?"
"Dana is Claire's daughter," Professor Bedwen said. "There's no doubt about that."
"Save the bullshit for somebody else, Bedwen," the Major said. "I'm on your side here."
"So you say," the Professor said. "But let me 'cut the bullshit', if that's what you want. Dana is the daughter of Claire Bedwen's heart, a daughter she loves dearly and would go to hell and beyond to protect. The results of the blood test don't matter, as well as whether my son-in-law came to Kalmar alone or accompanied by an infant. My daughter will not give up her daughter any more than I would give up mine, and she would renounce me as a father if I didn't protect Dana. As the head of the Bedwen family, I will defend every single one of the Bedwe
