I finally got to meet my son’s newborn—then a nurse leaned in and whispered, “That’s not the baby he left with.”

Insurance forms. Consent papers. Discharge instructions.

A birth certificate worksheet.

Then I found a packet clipped near the back.

Across the top, in bold letters, were the words: GESTATIONAL SURROGACY AGREEMENT.

I sat down so hard the chair scraped against the floor. I read the first page. Then the second. Then the signature page.

Daniel. Nora.

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