Em Gessen

Then they got back together.

Alan was no longer living in Zimbabwe full-time.

He was spending more and more time in Russia.

So their relationship now came in a series of bursts.

Separations, intense reconciliations, awful it's really over, this time fights.

Priscilla became pregnant again.

But six months into the pregnancy, she had a miscarriage.

She lost so much blood that she had to stay in the hospital for two weeks.

And then Priscilla miscarried again.

This time she was hospitalized for a month.

She'd been five months pregnant.

Priscilla was determined to have another baby.

She could think of nothing else.

Talking about it, she used the words desperate and obsession.

Alan stayed by her side through this ordeal.

He offered comfort, and more than that, he offered a solution.

They could find a surrogate in Russia to carry their child.

So they moved to Moscow.

Alan rented a huge, beautiful apartment in the center of the city.

Their landlord was a famous art dealer, and the apartment itself had been featured in various magazines.