{"id":30,"date":"2008-06-28T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=30"},"modified":"2008-06-28T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2008-06-28T16:30:24","slug":"the-anniversary-a-complication-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"The Anniversary &#8211; a complication (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had planned that when Sarah went for the prenatal paternity test without anyone&#8217;s knowledge, she would go to Inverness after ruling out Aberdeen since she and David lived there and he worked at the hospital. Well, the not going to Aberdeen works out just fine because there is a DNA clinic there&#8211;not far from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.\u00a0 In order to have the test done, she has to go private and there is no DNA clinic in Inverness. So it&#8217;s back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of these private clinics in England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland so she&#8217;ll go to one of them. I just haven&#8217;t decided which one yet. I&#8217;m leaning toward the clinic in Norwich. At least I&#8217;ve been to the city so can make anything I write about it more believable. Mind you, Sarah won&#8217;t be paying much attention to her surroundings. She just wants to get to the clinic have the tests done and go home.<\/p>\n<p>Will she enlist a friend to make the trip with her for moral support? Perhaps Siobhan? Sue? Maybe her sister, Rachel? Or will she go alone with just David&#8217;s toothbrush and his comb hoping that enough of the precious DNA can be extracted from them.<\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought this could be so complicated. 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