Mark Walked Into His Own Kitchen and Found His Wif…

Then there was Hannah’s brother, Alex, who had no interest in marriage at all, and her younger sister, Susan, who was married to Barkley. Barkley was a lawyer and carried himself like he had been carved from marble, though in reality he was just a courtroom attorney with an ego bigger than his case history. Stephanie, of course, thought he was the greatest man who had ever walked into the family.

Something had happened to Susan when she was younger, but nobody talked about it in plain language. Whatever it was, it led to a medical procedure, and now she could not have children. That meant our two boys were the only grandchildren, and Stephanie was not exactly thrilled about that.

Susan had been struggling with it for years, and Hannah worried about her constantly. I once suggested adoption, but Stephanie exploded, saying she only wanted grandchildren who were biologically connected to her. John suggested surrogacy, and that caught Susan’s attention.