My Husband Offered Me $250,000 While I Was in Labor—Then He Discovered the Daughter He Rejected Had a Twin Brother

The monitor displayed two heart-rate tracings.

Laura and the team watched both.

When the second baby’s pattern needed attention, her voice became more direct.

“We need to keep moving.

Put the paperwork aside.”

I nodded.

There was one call I wanted to make before I could think about nothing but the birth.

I dialed the number I had avoided for almost two years.