“So explain the arithmetic to me.

Because a woman who is thirty-nine years old conceived twins almost immediately.

That is not what happens to a thirty-nine-year-old.

That is not what happened to a thirty-four-year-old with a normal workup and three rounds of the best care in Southern California.” I picked up my bag.

“So one of two things is true.

Either every one of those doctors was wrong about you, or there is something about how that pregnancy happened that you haven’t mentioned to me.

“And I don’t actually need to know which.