The doctor raised his hand.
“That brings me to the second, more important revelation.” He looked directly at Ricardo. “Mr. Mendoza… you are biologically sterile. You have been sterile for many years.”
Ricardo felt the floor shift beneath him.
“Impossible,” he whispered. “My wife and I had two children—”
“Exactly,” the doctor interrupted gently. “Those children were conceived more than thirty years ago. Medical records show you suffered a severe infection in 2012 that caused permanent damage. Since then, you have had zero sperm count. It is medically impossible for you to have fathered any of these pregnancies.”
The three women stared at Ricardo in disbelief.
Mariana was the first to speak, her voice trembling with rage and confusion. “Then whose baby am I carrying?!”
The doctor looked at each woman carefully before delivering the final blow:
