My Husband Publicly Rejected the Daughter He Chose Through Donor Conception — Then the Fertility Clinic Revealed Her Biological Father Was Connected to His Family
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Chapter 22 - THE PHOTOGRAPH OF ELAINE AND ADRIANYears later, Grant asked Elaine about the photograph I found.
She finally told the full story.
She had dated Adrian first.
Then met Samuel.
Adrian introduced them.
Samuel and Elaine fell in love.
Adrian resented it.
Then Elaine married Richard for stability after becoming pregnant.
Not immediately knowing whether Samuel or Richard was Grant’s father.
DNA later confirmed Samuel.
Adrian knew.
He stayed in their orbit.
Why?
Some combination of jealousy.
Attachment.
Professional usefulness.
And his strange belief that Vale blood should continue.
Suddenly, his targeting of Grant’s donor cycle looked less random.
Adrian may have viewed Maddie as completing something.
His brother’s line continuing through a child he biologically fathered.
A grotesque private logic.
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Not family.
Possession.
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Chapter 23 - GRANT CHANGED HIS NAME — SLIGHTLYGrant did not abandon Mercer.
Chapter 24 - THE FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCEWhen Maddie was eleven, school held a father-daughter event.
Chapter 25 - WHAT MADE SOMEONE A FATHERBy then, I could answer the question more clearly.
Chapter 26 - ELAINE FINALLY APOLOGIZED TO MEHer first attempt came years too late.
Chapter 27 - THE DONOR NUMBER BECAME ORDINARYD-1742.
Chapter 28 - MADDIE’S MEDICAL FILEThe most important practical change was boring.
