Page 280 of Sin Bin

“Yeah,” he said. “Guess what just showed up in my email?”

“What?”

“Our DNA results.”

“Really? That was fast.”

“It only takes a few weeks.”

Meadow picked up the remote and paused the movie, then sat up in the theater-style leather recliner. Logan made no move to open his laptop.

“Well?” she said expectantly. “What’re you waiting for? Let’s see what your report says, then we can look at mine.”

He tapped his finger on the laptop lid. “Let’s make a bet first.”

She frowned at him. “A bet?”

He nodded. “If I have ninety-five percent or less European DNA, you agree to move in with me.”

“Um…” She hesitated, chewing on her bottom lip.

A slow, knowing grin spread across his face. “Why do you look so worried? Aren’t you the one who confidently predicted that I’m 99.5 percent European?”

She grinned. “I still think that.”

“Then make the bet.”

She eyed him suspiciously. “How do I know you didn’t already look at your results?”

“I didn’t, I swear. I wanted us to unveil them together, make it all dramatic and shit. The email message is still marked unread.”

She swallowed and plucked at her leggings.

He grinned, watching her. “So do we have a deal?”

After another hesitation, she nodded.

Grinning harder, he opened his laptop. “Let’s look at your report first.”

“Stalling?” she taunted.

“No, I’m just curious about your results.” He pulled up her email program.

She signed in, found the email from AncestryDNA and eagerly clicked on the report. She and Logan leaned close to peer at the screen, which showed a breakdown of her ethnicity estimate:

AFRICA — 79%

Nigeria — 37%

Ivory Coast/Ghana — 20%

Cameroon/Congo — 10%

Liberia — 6%

Mali — 6%

ASIA — 1%

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