Mara's description did not establish an inherited condition, but his deliberate concealment stole our chance to ask informed questions.
Chloe read the form twice before whispering that she had trusted every answer because the handwriting belonged to her husband.
Julian said the clinic hadn't needed to know, which contradicted the importance of the questions they had specifically asked him.
I felt heat climb into my face as I remembered signing my consent beside that same stack of documents.
I had trusted him with my body, and he had hidden something he knew could matter to our decisions.
Chloe turned the page and found another blank field where Julian had been asked to list prior pregnancies involving his gametes.
He had written zero there too, even though Sadie existed and he had just admitted knowing about her from birth.
The nurse returned to check my blood pressure, quietly encouraging us to stop the argument until I had recovered physically.
