The "Prized" Son

On Thanksgiving Day, I got a call from a fertility clinic. They were congratulating my wife.

“Sir, the surrogacy for your and your wife’s second son was a complete success. Our advanced medical technology ensured your wife experienced none of the pain of childbirth.”

I froze. We didn’t even have a first child. Where did a second son come from?

I called my wife, Isabella, a renowned pediatrician, and demanded an explanation. She just laughed it off, suggesting some adoring patient’s parent must have listed her number as an emergency contact.