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CHAPTER ONE

Connie

I hesitantly step into the fertility clinic with my friend Ashley

“Ash,” I whisper “I feel weird”

“Don’t worry,” says my friend airily “No one knows that we don’t have anyat someone how much they’re worth, silly”

I nod, trying to look confident But it’s hard because the ads online said that we could get fertility treatments for as little as three thousand per round of IVF It was a “special deal” that was only going to be good for a feeeks

But three thousand is way out offirm, I can’t afford that kind of money I can’t afford even two hundred bucks, to be honest Between rent, food, and kibble for my cat, there’s not a lot left over most months

But I’ve wanted to be a , and unfortunately, Sunset Medical was the only realistic option on my horizon My last two relationships went ker-SPLAT! on hot ce on my face but not a lot of doubt as to what I needed to do next

So when I saw the ad online, I was immediately on the phone with my best friend Ashley

“Ash,” I said “We’ve gotta go to this infor older, and you knohat the e seventeen, and you and I are twenty-five already”

I could al a face on the other end

“Connie, relax,” she says soothingly “Twenty-five is hardly over the hill Isn’t the Duchess of Wales pregnant right now? And she’s thirty-two or so ancient like that”

That only o up

“First, the Duchess of Wales is only thirty-one,” I said frostily “Second, Kate Middleton is pregnant with her third child, and not her first, so she’s a proven commodity Last, Kate Middleton is rich as fuck! She can afford multiple rounds of IVF if that’s what it takes, whereas you knoe can’t spare a dio to this info session,” I say firmly “We have to cover our bases before it’s too late”