He knows it.

She knows it.

They are doing the slow work anyway.

Chapter 19 — What I Gave Them

People sometimes ask me, when they hear a version of this story, whether I regret it — whether, knowing how it went, knowing the pain that arrived in that delivery room, I would still agree to be my brother’s surrogate.

And the question always surprises me, because the answer is so immediate and so total.

Of course I would.