second sheet was clipped behind it.
It was older and yellowed. Its letterhead was immediately familiar. The letterhead of the Midwest Reproductive Center in Overland Park, Kansas.
I was looking at a donor profile.
Donor #4127.
Height: 6’2″. Hair: Dark brown. Eyes: Gray-green. Ethnicity: Irish, German. Education: Master’s degree, chemistry.
I scanned the opening lines.
My legs almost buckled.
I sank into the chair opposite Luke.
Part Five: What I’d Never Said
Neither of us spoke for a long while.
Our kitchen clock kept ticking. Cicadas shrieked beyond the open
