Chapter 19
As Mikhail was putting the DNA reports back into the file, the crowd around him still hadn't fully grasped what they had just heard. After a few seconds of heavy silence, it was as if everyone suddenly woke up at once. The red lights of the cameras came on again, microphones were thrust forward once more, and the crowd's gaze turned as one to Monica.
Just minutes before, she had been playing the victim for the media, and now that same media was coming forward for her explanation.
A reporter rushed forward, thrusting a microphone in Monica's face and said,
"Monica, Mikhail has made very serious allegations against you. Do you have anything to say?"
Another quickly added,
"He said you became pregnant by other men twice and miscarried both times. Is that true? Do you deny the
