Chapter 1043

Summer wandered over and started taking off his clothes.

"Uncle Connor, I can bathe myself," he announced, his voice small but confident.

Connor reached out and gently ruffled Summer's hair. "Alright, I'll let you."

The bathtub was overflowing with bubbles, so thick that Summer's little body disappeared beneath the frothy surface. But Connor didn't leave. Instead, he sat down on the edge of the tub, staying close.

"Aaron, I want to talk to you. Just us, man to man," Connor said.

Summer, who had been quiet up until now, finally lifted his head. His big, dark eyes locked onto Connor's. "What is it?"

Connor hesitated, then asked, "Why do you want to go back to Japan?"

Summer looked away, his face turned toward the wall. "I'm not really Mom's child. Tim is. I shouldn't be here."

make himself smaller, to

gently, "How do you know you're not your

everything you all say. My real dad is Lucas, my mom is Linda. And when my dad took Mom to

how much

over and carefully turned Summer's face towards him, his expression serious. "Do you

Summer nodded, looking thoughtful

serious, like a much older kid.

in a science book. Babies are made when an egg and sperm come together to make an embryo, and then it grows in the mother's womb. The embryo becomes a

At only five, Summer

egg, but is put in person B's womb.

thinking about it. "A is

"Aaron, that's exactly it. You're just like that baby. A is your mom, and B is Linda. Even though you were born from Linda, you have your real mom's genes. She's your mother in every

across Summer's

blurted out, "Uncle Connor, surrogacy

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