"As I said, Rachel and I have talked, discussed, argued, call it what you like, and we don't see another way for us to get the family we want. On top of the things that you've said there is also another problem, and that is that Rachel doesn't want our child to have a stranger's genes. She, rightly, wants our child to have a combination of her genes and mine, but we can't do that ourselves as I've told you. So, the alternative that I've suggested, and that she agrees with, would be for you to make her pregnant. That way the child would have the family genes."
Jerry had sat rigid for a moment with his mouth open. "How could you even suggest such a thing," he'd burst out, "that would be incest. No, never, there has to be another way."
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