I Carried a Baby for My Twin Brother. When He Saw His Newborn Daughter, He Said He Could Not Take Her Home

The specialists were talking about procedures and follow-up care, and I saw every number on these papers.

I thought Hannah would lose the house.

I thought we’d be ruined.”

“So you decided Hope should be the one to go without her parents?”

He flinched.

“I didn’t think of it that way.”

“You should.”

He began to cry then, quietly, with his palms pressed flat on the table.