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Surrogate

she was giving birth, a surrogate mother, to a rich childless couple. she had been instructed to not look at the baby, did and relented, she had given birth a wonderful newborn how could she give it away? sensible people told her it was for the best, the child would get a good education, she the mother could not give her. Under pressure by the righteous, she gave the baby away but she will forever regret her decision.

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Date: 3/15/2019 12:48:00 PM
Powerful penning. This reader left wondering if the regret was the giving up of the baby, or the looking; or can these be separated at all.
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 3/17/2019 2:23:00 PM
thank you, Maureen McGravey

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