My Husband Kept Visiting Our Surrogate to ‘Make Sure She Was Okay’ – I Hid a Recorder, and What I Heard Ended Our Marriage

My breath stopped.

“But she comes with you sometimes,” Claire said uncertainly.

“Just for appearances,” Ethan replied. “Once the baby’s born, she’ll sign her rights over.”

I covered my mouth with my hand as the recording continued.

“That’s why you’re keeping all those medical records?” Claire asked.

“Exactly,” Ethan said. “If she changes her mind, I’ll show the court she never bonded with the pregnancy.”

By the time the recording ended, I understood everything.

Every visit.

Every folder.

Every lie.

He wasn’t checking on the baby.

He was building a legal case to take the child from me.

He believed I would never see it coming.

But he was wrong.

The next morning I told him I wanted to throw Claire a baby shower.

“She deserves to be celebrated,” I said.

He smiled, pleased.