Chapter 166
After the men had brought their wives home, they were still concerned with their being switched as babies. They needed to get their fingerprints without them knowing about it.
"We can get their water glasses, send them to Quantico and have their birth certificates sent there too. That should tell us if they were switched. The way their mother kept them dressed as children it wouldn't surprise me if they were," said AJ frowning.
"I'll call Quantico and have a buddy of mine to sent off for the birth certificates and we can provide the glasses," replied Tom. "You do know we're going to have to be very careful about this. The girls aren't dumb and they could catch us. What'll we say if they do?"
"We'll just have to tell them the truth and hope they can wait for the results without too much worry," sighed AJ.
That evening as Krista was drinking her tea, AJ sat beside her. "Did I make your tea alright, sweetheart?"
"Yes, Albert, it's fine," Krista said.
Once through with the tea, she handed the cup to AJ. He carefully took it and went into the kitchen and placed it in a plastic bag. He then took it out and put it in the car. He had done his part now all he had to do was deliver it to Quantico.
At the Boone Residence, Tom had poured Krystal a diet soda and was sitting down on the bed with her. "You look much better today, darling, how do you feel?"
"Much better," she replied. "It feels good to be up and about again. I'll be glad when I can go back to work, I miss it."
"It'll be a while yet before that will happen," he said. "I still have you all to myself in the meantime."
After she had finished her soda he took the glass and put it in a plastic bag and took it and placed it in the car.
Coming back I in the house Krystal was waiting for him. "Where did you go, Tom?"
Hating to lie to her he simply said, "I had to run out to the car for a minute."
"Oh, I tried calling you and when you didn't answer, I came looking."
"I'm sorry, darling, I was going to be gone such a short time I didn't think to tell you."
"That's all right, I guess you've taken such good care of me that when was alone, I just panicked," laughed Krystal.
"Come on, let's get you back in bed," said Tom help her back to the bedroom.
The next morning, AJ and Tom met with the fingerprint expert and handed over the cup and glass. They waited, pacing the floor, while they checked the birth certificate with the cup that was Krista's and the glass that was Krystal's. The men had made it very plain as to which twin had touched which article. Checking, and double-checking, he called the men over and let them look in the microscope. "If you'll notice the groves in the print with the cup, you'll find that it matches the one on the birth certificate for Krista Kennex or Mrs. Chegwidden. The same holds true for Mrs. Boone. I'm afraid you gentlemen have been worried about nothing. If the twins were ever switched they were switched back. That often happened when the parents didn't use some form of identification."
"Thanks, Jim, we really appreciate you doing this for us. If you'd seen the way the mother had them dressed you would have known why we were worried," replied Tom.
"No problem, just glad to be of help. You'd better take your cup and glass back or you'll get caught by your wives," laughed Jim.
Leaving the building Tom asked, "Are we going to tell Kris and Krystal our suspensions?"
"Yes, I think we should now that we know that our worry was for nothing."
Gathered together that night all four were sitting on the couch when AJ started the conversation.
"We had your fingerprints checked to be sure you weren't switched while you were children. You'll be glad to know that if you were, you were switched back," AJ informed them.
"What made you do that?" asked Kris.
"Your family picture," he replied.
"Well at least we know that we are who we think we are," she said. "I never would have thought of it, thanks, darling."
To be continued…