After 3 Boys, We Gave Up Our Dream of a Daughter—Then My Husband Called Me to the Hospital and Said, “There’s a Baby Here”

His eyes were wet.

“It feels horrible.”

I leaned against him.

We sat with the laundry.

There was nothing else to do.

The result came two days later.

Aaron was not Maya’s father.

The agency continued its legally required inquiry based on the information available.