Chapter 30

“When I arrived here, Gerhard indicated that some members of his organization have the same genetic problems with conception. If you are interested in helping out. Gerhard would be willing to pay $75,000 dollars per child. If you provide four children in this way, there’s a bonus to be paid of $300,000 dollars. That would be a total of $600,000 for four children. You can stop after one child, or carry on with additional children. No one would force you to do this breeding program. The money is to encourage participation. Obviously, four children could be expected to take about six years of your life, although once a child is born, you have no responsibility for it. Medical costs related to delivery are covered by the infertile parents.

“Have sex, get pregnant, deliver a baby and pass it to the parents who need the child. Gretchen, you could continue working as an artist, you’d just be doing it as a pregnant artist. You can hold other jobs, earn money in other ways, but you’d b