My wife told me she became a surrogate to earn $70,000 so we could finally buy a house—but when I overheard her talking to my boss, I went pale.

which house Renee meant.

“Next week we’ll finally move in.”

By the time I climbed back into my truck, the worst answer had already settled inside me.

I never went in.

Back at work hours later, Daniel looked up from the open wall where he was measuring pipe.

“Everything okay?”

I forced myself to nod. “Yeah.”

He smiled and handed me a fitting.

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