She Called Me Sterile at Dinner. Then My Daughter Rose Like a Verdict.

to you and me.”

“But she had me in her tummy.”

“Yes.”

“And you wanted me?”

I touched my forehead to hers.

“More than I have ever wanted anything in this world.”

Her breath shuddered.

“Did Daddy want me?”

The room seemed to shrink around us.

I could have lied.

But children remember the shape of lies even when they forget the words.

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