Chapter 6 - DEREK’S TESTDerek did have a semen analysis.
But not when he implied.
His procedure was May 30.
His first follow-up sample was July 12.
Nine days after my positive pregnancy test.
The result showed no sperm seen in the analyzed specimen.
By the time I learned that date, my anger had become something quieter.
More precise.
Derek had used a July result to accuse me of a pregnancy conceived in May.
He had never possessed evidence that he was sterile at the relevant time.
Why had he acted so certain before the test?
Jessica.
Partly.
And himself.
Dr. Evans encouraged Derek to obtain his urology records and read the discharge instructions.
He did.
They said, in plain language, to continue contraception until clearance was confirmed by semen analysis.
Derek later admitted:
“I skimmed it.”
I asked:
“Did Jessica read it?”
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He looked away.
That answer would take months.
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