"You wish to keep Mr. Blackwood in the dark? Mrs. Blackwood, I have no doubt that he will be pleased to learn that you are expecting. He might even change his mind. Since you're still young, you probably don't understand how crucial a full family is to a child's development. Why not attempt to keep the marriage intact rather than proceeding with the divorce?"

The physician, who appeared to be in her forties, was probably the expert the hospital director had scheduled for me. She ...