Divorce Papers and New Beginnings

oom lights, a picture of domestic bliss carefully arranged by my mother-in-law. Eve

ive, blurted out his impatient wish for his ex-girlfriend, Chloe, to arrive. It soon became c

ys been proud of that, but this is a family affair. She doesn't quite fit in anymore, does she?" My husband simply slumped

e. I wasn't stuck in traffic. I was in a sterile downto

rything. He says he's doing it for his dying ex, a final wish, but I know he wants this baby as much as I do. Ava doesn't have to

meet Leo. Isn't he beautiful? He has Ethan's eyes." That was it. The snap. My hand struck her across the face. "She's a

Chloe was dying and giving me a child "without the pain of childbirth." He wasn' t j

all, cold guest room. Listening to their intimate sounds from what used to be my bedroom, I realized

al? Why did he believe I would become an "aunt" to his child

st thanked this woman for her 'gift.' Let me tell you all what that gift was. While I was in another country, completing a surgical fellowship, grieving my inability to have children after a