Chapter 28

“Are you some kind of cloned government experiment and that’s why you can’t reproduce?”

“I can also assure you that’s not the case, but telling you a lot of negatives might be the same as telling you something positive. If you want to know more, you’ll have to sign some paperwork.”

“Where is it? I’ll sign whatever I need to sign?”

“We don’t have any of the paperwork here, Dad, but they are bringing some this evening. It’s something that Brenda and Gretchen have to sign before they can do the same thing I’m going to do. Look, I’m sorry if our deception caused you and Mom to do something that you might not otherwise have done. That was not the intent. For what it’s worth, I don’t believe that it’s going to harm your marriage. I wouldn’t have suggested you might want to consider doing something like this if I believed that was possible. Truly. I wouldn’t be trying to break you up. I’ll text the people bringing the paperwork to bring two more, one for you, and one for