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Guaranteed Human.

When you think of a paternity scandal, this is probably what comes to mind.

Sir, you are not the father.

Men have a millennia old reputation for refusing parental responsibilities.

It can destroy families and alter the course of lives.

As Moripovich proved, a paternity test is the ultimate dramatic reveal.

It's a definitive answer, a yes or no.

But what happened to Clayton Eckerd isn't that simple. I said, okay, hey, we

got to do the paternity test. That's coming up. And then she's making excuses and saying, like,

I don't think I really need to do this. I already know you're the father. I haven't been with

anybody else. So I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to waste my money. I'll just wait until the

due date. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to waste my money. I'll just wait until the due date.

I'm Stephanie Young, and this is Love Trapped. There's no way out.

You'd better believe.

I'll be raising holy hell my love if you ever, ever, 2023, Clayton invited a woman named Laura Owens over to his house.

They'd been flirting over text.

According to Clayton, they had oral sex that night, not penetrative sex.

Then, just 11 days later, Laura had news.

She was pregnant, and she was sure the baby was his.

I was having a hard time believing it because we didn't have sex,

so I wanted her to take a test in front of me so that I could see it with my own eyes.

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