Brooke’s “Stomach Pain” Turns Into a Nightmare, A DNA Test, A Family Secret, and a Truth That Changed Everything
Chapter 1: The Pain That Refused to Leave
Brooke Carter had always been strong.
She ignored headaches. Worked through exhaustion. Smiled through heartbreak.
So when a dull ache settled in her stomach one Tuesday morning, she barely noticed it.
Stress, she told herself.
Too much work. Too many memories.
Across the café table, Bethany watched closely.
“Brooke… you look awful,” Bethany said gently. “Not tired awful. Sick awful.”
Brooke laughed weakly.
“I’m fine. Probably bad food.”
But the lie didn’t survive the night.
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By evening, the ache transformed into something violent—sharp waves twisting through her abdomen. Sweat dampened her hair as she curled on the couch, clutching her stomach.
Bethany grabbed her coat.
“We’re going to the hospital.”
“No hospitals,” Brooke groaned.
Bethany crossed her arms.
“You can walk… or I drag you.”
Brooke didn’t argue again.
Neither woman realized that this pain was about to uncover a secret powerful enough to destroy an entire family.
Chapter 2: The Test She Never Wanted
Emergency room lights felt unforgiving.
Blood tests. Questions. Monitors beeping softly.
Then came the suggestion.
“A pregnancy test,” the nurse said casually. “Just to rule things out.”
Brooke froze.
“No,” she answered too quickly.
Bethany turned slowly.
“Why not?”
“I’m not pregnant.”
But Bethany saw it—the hesitation. The fear behind Brooke’s eyes.
Minutes later, the nurse returned with a clipboard.
One word stood out.
Positive.
The room went silent.
Bethany stared at her.
“You broke up with Larry three months ago.”
Brooke whispered, “We did.”
The timeline didn’t make sense.
And Bethany knew it.
Chapter 3: The Secret Night
Larry Thompson wasn’t just an ex-boyfriend.
He was the town’s golden name—wealthy, admired, untouchable.
Their breakup had been loud and final.
Or at least… publically final.
In the car outside the hospital, Bethany gripped the steering wheel.
“You’re pregnant. Does Larry know?”
Brooke shook her head.
After a long silence, she confessed.
“The gala at the Thompson Foundation… we talked afterward. One night. That was it.”
Bethany exhaled sharply.
“You have to tell him.”
Brooke hesitated.
And that hesitation changed everything.
“If you won’t,” Bethany said coldly, “I will. And I’ll tell him to demand a DNA test.”
Fear tightened Brooke’s chest.
Because Bethany still didn’t know the worst part.
Chapter 4: The Confession
Bethany arrived the next morning holding an appointment card.
“Private clinic,” she said. “Early DNA testing.”
Brooke stood trembling.
“You don’t understand.”
“Then explain!”
Tears spilled down Brooke’s face.
“What if… it isn’t Larry’s?”
The words landed like shattered glass.
Bethany blinked slowly.
“There was someone else?”
Brooke nodded.
Her voice barely audible.
“His brother.”
Silence swallowed the room.
Ethan Thompson.
The quiet brother. The forgotten one. The man who always stood in Larry’s shadow.
Two brothers.
Two nights.
One irreversible mistake.
Chapter 5: The DNA Bombshell
The clinic was discreet. Cold. Expensive.
Three days felt like years.
When the doctor finally called, Brooke put the phone on speaker.
“The probability of paternity for Mr. Larry Thompson is zero percent.”
Bethany gasped.
Brooke felt her knees weaken.
But the doctor continued.
“The father shares extremely close DNA with Mr. Thompson… most likely a sibling.”
Ethan.
The truth hit before the words finished.
Then came the real shock.
“The fetus carries markers for a rare hereditary genetic condition present in the Thompson male line.”
Bethany frowned.
“The condition that killed their father?”
“Yes.”
The pregnancy was no longer just scandal.
It was life or death.
Chapter 6: Brothers Collide
That evening, Larry appeared at Brooke’s door.
His expression was tight with controlled anger.
“It’s not mine,” he said quietly.
Brooke nodded.
Larry swallowed hard.
“It’s Ethan’s.”
Footsteps sounded behind him.
Ethan stepped inside, pale and shaken.
“The clinic called me,” he admitted. “Dad tested us years ago. I carry the gene.”
Memories rushed back.
Their father’s sudden collapse.
The whispers.
The unanswered questions.
It hadn’t been fate.
It had been genetics.
And now the unborn child carried the same risk.
Chapter 7: The Choice That Changed Everything
Further testing confirmed it.
The baby had inherited the gene.
Tension fractured everyone.
Larry burned with betrayal.
Ethan drowned in guilt.
Bethany struggled to forgive Brooke’s silence.
And Brooke faced a truth she could no longer deny.
Her heart had already chosen.
She didn’t love Larry anymore.
She loved Ethan—the brother who stayed, who listened, who feared losing her more than losing reputation.
The nightmare that began with stomach pain became a decision about courage.
Walk away.
Hide from judgment.
Or fight together.
Brooke placed Ethan’s trembling hand on her stomach.
“We fight,” she whispered.
Larry watched quietly.
For the first time in his life, he wasn’t the center of the story.
Outside, the town continued unaware.
But inside that small apartment…
Everything had changed.
Forever. 😱