Chapter 15 - GRANT FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT STERILITY HAD NEVER TAKEN FROM HIMGrant spent years believing infertility made him less of a man.
Then he learned the man he called father was not biological.
Still his father.
He learned Samuel was biological.
Never raised him.
Still part of his history.
He learned Adrian had biological connections to dozens of children.
And yet had violated many of their families.
Biology suddenly looked less impressive.
Grant told me during one custody meeting:
“I spent my life thinking genes proved something.”
“What?”
“That you belonged.”
I waited.
He continued:
“Richard wasn’t my biological father.”
“But he was the man who came to my baseball games.”
“Samuel was biological.”
“But I never met him as Dad.”
“Adrian fathered Maddie.”
“But what he did to create that connection was a violation.”
Then he looked at me.
“I chose Maddie.”
I nodded.
“And then I betrayed that choice.”
“Yes.”
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He did not look away.
Good.
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