i went on ." the family tension? her sister 's appraisal of her lifestyle ? did you and eric know all that about lisa ?"
"no.....yes.... not exactly ." she waved the menu and made a disapproveing face ." we agreed no chinese . MSG ? " she sighed ." eric and i did our due diligence , akn . we did a background check . all the legal things . a credit check . internet search . i did lixis-nexis .we talked at lenght to the prious....family that she was a surrogate for . we read the psych eval ."
oh boy .
" did you interview any of her references ? talk to her hfamily ?"
\" the other family , yes ," merideth said ." susie ? on the phone . we talked to her . she thought lisa was great . come on , aln , eric knew lisa from before we met they had mutual friends . eric is .... comfortable with her . the other family was thrilled with what lisa had done . that was ....good enough for me . eric is good judge of people ."
her tone was defensive . i didn't push her on the details - she was my ex-wife , not my patient . in whole womb she and eric had chosen to stash their blastocyst was none of my bussiness . i changed the suject ." do you and eric pay for maid service here ?"
i gave merideth full credit for trying to keep the ondescension out of her voice even though she only half succeeded ." humor me ," i said .
"no . we asked hr if she wanted maid service . she didn't . we only pay for cleaning at the end of her stay . yoy saw the washer and dryer . she can do her own sheets and towls . she doesn't cook . why do you ask ?"
" thhe bed's made ," i said ." all of her mess is in the living room ." " so ? why is that important ?"
merideth was being didmissive at the time that she was growing more anxious .
"no.....yes.... not exactly ." she waved the menu and made a disapproveing face ." we agreed no chinese . MSG ? " she sighed ." eric and i did our due diligence , akn . we did a background check . all the legal things . a credit check . internet search . i did lixis-nexis .we talked at lenght to the prious....family that she was a surrogate for . we read the psych eval ."
oh boy .
" did you interview any of her references ? talk to her hfamily ?"
\" the other family , yes ," merideth said ." susie ? on the phone . we talked to her . she thought lisa was great . come on , aln , eric knew lisa from before we met they had mutual friends . eric is .... comfortable with her . the other family was thrilled with what lisa had done . that was ....good enough for me . eric is good judge of people ."
her tone was defensive . i didn't push her on the details - she was my ex-wife , not my patient . in whole womb she and eric had chosen to stash their blastocyst was none of my bussiness . i changed the suject ." do you and eric pay for maid service here ?"
i gave merideth full credit for trying to keep the ondescension out of her voice even though she only half succeeded ." humor me ," i said .
"no . we asked hr if she wanted maid service . she didn't . we only pay for cleaning at the end of her stay . yoy saw the washer and dryer . she can do her own sheets and towls . she doesn't cook . why do you ask ?"
" thhe bed's made ," i said ." all of her mess is in the living room ." " so ? why is that important ?"
merideth was being didmissive at the time that she was growing more anxious .
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