Amos froze for a second and asked, "Why do you ask such a question?"
Her conversation with the Old Master about how a child should grow up in a loving environment echoed in her thoughts.
"No reason. If you are..." She replied.
"I don't want to!" Amos quickly interrupted.
It was as if he was afraid that she would blurt out more unreasonable requests.
He added, "Who do you think you are? We are not in that kind of relationship. Having a child with you is not what I look for."
"Oh!" Eudora's heart skipped a beat. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked such an absurd question."
Although she knew in her heart that this was going to happen, she still felt inexplicably upset and disappointed when she heard it herself from Amos.
Even though she knew that she shouldn't have expected much from t
