My Husband Asked Me to Be a Surrogate Twice Until I Learned Why He Really Needed the Money

sound of Ethan’s voice on the phone with Marlene every evening, patient and reassuring and never once directed at me with that same tenderness.

I said yes the next morning, over coffee, the way you say yes to things that feel inevitable rather than chosen. Ethan kissed my forehead and called the surrogacy agency before noon.

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