"He should," Gloria said. "He's his."
"But ..." John hesitated. "I don't want to pry, but how can you be sure?"
Gloria laughed. "Well, I know what we did the first couple of hours after midnight. You tell him the rest, George."
"There isn't much else to tell," George said. "After the ceremony I gave her a shot of the specific antiserum as soon as I could get her alone. Later the committee examined her blood. They found she was pregnant so nobody even thought of testing for antisperm bodies. Then the boy was born. Naturally I was a bit concerned. I took blood samples and did genetic studies. There was no doubt. He was my son."
"And nobody ever suspected?" Harmon asked.
"No," Turner said. "The law prescribes examination before pregnancy but not afterwards. We were married three months later and everybody was very happy. As for the boy looking like me, everyone who has noticed it assumes I picked a donor like myself. It would be a natural inclination."
"So much for planned parenthood in the new era," Harmon chuckled. "The poor Mayor of New York! If only he knew." He grinned slyly. "Somehow I always did like the old way best."
THE END
As a service to our readers, we list the "Hugo" award winners for 1960:
Best Fan Mag: "Who Killed Science Fiction"—Earl Kemp
Best SF Artist: Ed Emshwiller
Best Short Story: "The Longest Voyage" by Poul Anderson
Best Dramatic Work: "The Twilight Zone"
Best SF Magazine: Analog
Best Novel: "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter Miller, Jr.