"I want to find out whether or not she's really Maxie's daughter and running a DNA test on her is the only way to find out." Archie replied.
"Will it hurt her?" The other grunt asked while looking at Mandy.
"No, it will only require a strand of her hair, so it won't hurt her." Archie said, cradling Mandy in his arms.
They now reached the infirmary and a grunt opened the door and Archie carried Mandy inside and carried her over to a doctor, and the doctor asked, "What's wrong with the child?"
"Nothing's wrong with her, I just wanted to know if you could run a DNA test on her since Maxie let slip that she's his daughter. I want to know if that is really true." Archie replied, while looking at Mandy.
"Sure thing, I've got one of Maxie's hairs in a little bottle; I'll only need one of Mandy's to be able to run the test." The doctor replied.
Archie held Mandy as still as he could in his arms, and the doctor gently removed one of her hairs. Mandy yawned and Archie smiled, "Get some rest, Mandy, you've had a long day." Mandy laid her head against Archie's shoulder and fell asleep, and Archie continued to hold her.
The doctor left the room with the hair sample he had obtained from Mandy and went to get Maxie's hair so that he could run the test, and he returned with the results in a few minutes. A few minutes later, the doctor returned with the results and when he returned Archie asked, "What did you find, doctor?"
"The test showed that she's not Maxie's daughter, but somebody else's that he claimed as his own." The doctor replied.
Archie looked shocked, "Then who is she?"
"I don't know…… Wait! I just saw an article in the newspaper about a murdered family and a missing three year old. I think that Mandy might be that missing child." The doctor said after a slight pause.
"Can I see this article?" Archie asked.
"Of course." The doctor said. Then he went to retrieve the article and returned with it in a few minutes.
"Here let me take Mandy, so that you can read the article." The doctor said.
Archie handed Mandy to the doctor and took the article from the doctor and began reading it.
The article read:
Last night police were called to a quiet Fallarbor neighborhood at about ten o'clock last night after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Amelia and Johnathan O'Hara were found outside their home murdered. The fate of their three year old daughter, Mandy, is unknown. Police are still not ruling out the possibility that she might have been kidnapped. When police were searching the family grounds, they found that Mandy's cradle and all her things were missing; so the police are pretty sure that Mandy was kidnapped. If anyone has seen Mandy, found her, or has any information concerning her, you are encouraged to call the Fallarbor Town police.
Archie finished reading the article and looked up and glanced at Mandy before he said, "I've got to contact the police as I'm pretty sure that we've found Mandy."
Absentmindedly the doctor placed his hand on Mandy's forehead; then he removed his hand in a hurry when he felt that she had a slight fever. "This isn't good…… The little child has a fever……." The doctor said.
"What!? How? She hasn't been doing anything other than sleeping and a small amount of walking." Archie said.
"I don't know…… I would like to keep her overnight so that I can keep an eye on her." The doctor requested after glancing at Mandy.
"Sure, of course you may keep her overnight." Archie said, taking a long glance at Mandy. "Mandy…… Hang in there, sweetheart……"
The doctor now took Mandy and gave her back to Archie so that he could go get a playpen for Mandy. A few minutes later, the doctor reappeared carrying a playpen and he carried it over to a very noticeable corner, and put it together since he had to compress it to move it. A few minutes passed before the playpen was fully set up, and when it was the doctor walked over to Archie and took Mandy from him and carried her over to the playpen and put her to bed. All that could be done now was keep an eye on Mandy and try to determine how long it would take to get rid of her fever. Exactly how long it would take to get rid of Mandy's fever the doctor wasn't sure, but he continued to keep a vigil watch over the little child, while Archie looked on in silence. Mandy not knowing that she had a fever and might be really sick continued to rest in a fitful sleep.