"She got pregnant? How? You used condoms, right? Are you talking about… err.. before you met her…?"
"No, I got her pregnant."
"That's good to hear." She sighed in relief. "I thought she cheated or something… forgive me for thinking something so outrageous. But I am curious. How did she get pregnant? Perhaps… she thought it was her safe day, and you had raw sex with her?"
"We actually never found out the reason. It was either that reason, or the condom had a hole in it."
"How old were you two?"
"Twenty-two."
"That's… you got into an accident when you were twenty-three, so she got pregnant a year before. So… what did you two decide? Please don't tell me you chose abortion!"
Eleanor's anxiousness was clearly visible in her voice.
Rudy shook his head and said, "We found out when she was in her second month— don't ask me why she didn't realize sooner. And we decided to go with it. She hadn't told her family, and nor had I. We were scared of being abandoned.