“I wish this had not happened.”
“But it has.”
She was smoothening imaginary creases on her skirt.
“What do you plan to do with the unborn baby? Your children are already in college.”
The meowing of the kittens draws our attention. Their mother has just slapped them, as she has a new brood to look after, and she ensures that the older ones do not harm them.
“Can a mother really differentiate between her children?”
I was not sure if she was talking to the cat or herself.
“There is a huge difference in the social structure. The father matters a lot more in human society, than animals.”
“I have decided to discard both the fathers, and go ahead with the baby. It is mine. I was barking up the wrong tree.”
The cat meowed and the dog growled in unison, as if in approval, as she walked out of the room with heavy steps.
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