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David
“Excuse me?” Sutton asked.
Her eyes were round with confusion and disbelief. The look I’d been expecting from her. The look I expected from everyone. That was why I had never told this story.
“Like…what does that mean? Did your mom…have an affair? Are you not actually your dad’s son…like biologically? Why would he raise you as his son if you weren’t?” she blurted out. “I’m sorry. I have so many questions.”
“I’d be more surprised if you didn’t.” I finished off my drink and then continued, “No, she didn’t have an affair. As far as I know at least. No affair that resulted in me. I was adopted.”
Sutton furrowed her brows. “But…why? Like, they had every option available to them. IVF and fertility treatments and all that.”
“When she was younger than you, my mom was told that she c
