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 25 - WHAT MADE SOMEONE A FATHERBy then, I could answer the question more clearly.
Richard Mercer was Grant’s father.
Samuel Vale was his biological father.
Adrian Vale was Maddie’s biological father.
Grant was Maddie’s legal and chosen father.
None of those labels had to erase another.
The problem began when people demanded one simple category.
Real.
Fake.
Mine.
Not mine.
Those words were too crude for human relationships.
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But they were powerful enough to hurt a child.
Grant learned that the hardest way.
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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.
Chapter 29 - GRANT ASKED IF I WOULD EVER TAKE HIM BACKYears after the divorce, he asked.
Chapter 30 - “THAT CHILD ISN’T EVEN MINE”Maddie was sixteen when she finally told Grant what she remembered.
