Edwin's chest rose and fell heavily as he listened to the woman lying in the bed. He had not imagined she could be so selfish. For a moment he felt tempted to scold her sharply. Her words were reckless and spoken without a single thought for anyone but herself.
"You know, Jasmin," he said, his voice tight with feeling, "my own brother has been married for nearly twenty years. They have tried everything, yet they have never been blessed with a child. And here you speak so lightly. You know full well what you did was wrong. You know the sin is great. Yet you would have me stand by and watch you throw your life away along with the life growing inside you. Your thinking is so small. So very small. After making such a mistake, you should seek to learn from it. You should acknowledge what y
