I Carried a Baby for My Twin Sister—But the Moment She Saw the Newborn, She Stepped Back and Said, “This Is Not the Child We Wanted”

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PART 44 — WHAT I BECAME

Legally:

Mother.

Biologically:

Aunt.

Gestationally:

The woman who carried her.

Family language became complicated.

Eventually I stopped trying to make it neat.