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Could it be that the big mystery is finally solved over who fathered Rielle Hunter’s child?  Maybe.  Several media outlets are reporting a secret DNA test was performed on a bit of John Edward’s biological matter and it proves with certainty that he indeed fathered this little girl.

This is all happening as a federal grand jury is deciding whether or not hush money was paid to Hunter two years ago as well as who knew about it if was paid.  Both Hunter and Andrew Young have testified over the past few weeks.  Young is the one who took the fall when the story broke and announced he was the father of this child, despite the potential of jeopardizing his own marriage.  That was his last public appearance and statement since 2007.  Even as he approached the courthouse, he had no comment over his role in this cover-up, if there was one.  Lawyers for both Young and Hunter have said their clients are fully cooperating in the investigation.

The grand jury is investigating whether campaign funds from Edwards’ run as the Republican candidate for vice president were used to pay Hunter to keep quiet about who fathered her now-two year old daughter, Frances.  It’s also seeking to find out the truth about whether or not payments for “videography” were legitimate.

This, of course, reopens the question of what Elizabeth Edwards might now do.  Many have said she was simply waiting for confirmation before filing divorce papers.  Other, however, insist she intends to stand by her man.  This has all taken place as she’s struggled with cancer.

If the grand jury determines the money given to Hunter was done so illegally, Edwards could be facing jail time.  Even worse, the good deed he convinced Young to do could also land his former confidant in jail too, even though that’s unlikely.

There are reports Edwards will be making a public announcement about his paternity.  In the meantime, all eyes are on the missus and are waiting to see what she does, or rather, what she doesn’t do.

We knew it was only a matter of time; and now, that time has come.  It looks as though a long-awaited paternity test for Rielle Hunter’s child might finally be conducted.  Who knew Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards, would be the catalyst for making it happen?  And she was so clever about it too.  She was calculating in her efforts and chose to quietly go about her business and then pounce only when the timing was right and the opportunities were presented.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, she was nonchalant in her answers to Winfrey’s questions regarding her husband’s possible paternity.  She said she supposed it would be easy to determine and that it really had

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nothing to do with her.  She went on to say that the child would be a part of her husband’s life, but not part of hers.  There are ribbons of truth between the lines of that statement; it’s just a matter of deciphering them.  No one’s quite sure how the inclusion of another child in their family wouldn’t be part of her own life, unless, of course, she was contemplating divorce.

Many have insisted the child is Edwards’, even though he still denies it and says the affair didn’t coincide with conception.  That’s always amazing; men who are faced with a pregnant mistress always claim the timing couldn’t be right and there’s no chance they could actually be responsible for procreating with anyone other than their wives.

Aside from her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Edwards will be releasing an autobiography next week and in it, she refers to the little girl whose paternity is in question as “it” and says learning of her husband’s affair caused her to become physically ill, which is understandable.

So now the lines have been drawn.  She’s basically dared both her husband and his former mistress to complete the paternity test.  John Edwards has already said he’d be more than willing to submit to such a test, but that was when Hunter adamantly insisted no such test would ever take place and that she had nothing to prove to anyone.  Now the recent publicity with the imminent book release as well as the attitude of Elizabeth Edwards, she’s behaving like a woman scorned who now indeed has something to prove.  I think we already know where that proof lies.

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