The Same Letters

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The Same Letters

Mara Voss put two printouts on the desk and kept her hands on them, as if they might be swapped back. Her twin, Helen, was named on one. Hers was on the other. She had come across the city because she wanted Nina Adeyemi to say the obvious thing out loud.

"They match," Mara said. "Every line they showed me matches. So tell me which of us the lab confused, or tell me we are the same case. I did not come here for a riddle."

Nina had read the pages before the appointment. The letters did match. That was not a trick, and it was not the answer Mara was asking for. Nina turned both sheets the same way up.

"Nobody confused you," she said. "Identical twins can carry the same DNA sequence. Yours does match hers, as far as this report goes.