“Maya—”

“No, let me do this properly, because I’ve had seven years.” She dried her hands.

“I was eleven weeks post-op.

I was in therapy twice a week.

I had a newborn and a stroke in the family and a viral video and a trial.

And I decided that this one wasn’t mine to push, because he wasn’t my child and Chloe had just lost everything and I was so tired, David.