Melomiri

Her Best Friend's Baby

Language: en

My wife, Amelia Johnson, and I had been childless by choice for seven years. She decided to be a surrogate for her best friend, Michael Harris. I watched her sweetly smile as she talked on the phone. "The child will inherit all of Charlie's fortune. We won't even need to raise them." Then she texted me: [Honey, surrogacy isn't cheating. He's gay! What are you worried about?] When I suggested terminating the pregnancy, she responded with divorce papers. Amelia told me not to have regrets, and her words cut deep. I crumpled up my kidney cancer diagnosis in my hand. Who would be the one with…

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