"Maybe that, in her own way, she cares for you deeply. That much is certain, and I'm positive that she means well with her idea, but you really have to think of it in the future to come. She obviously wants this, but Anthony, would you do it for one of your friends? Would you think your friends would do it for you? Do you want that responsibility of, in the future, some young man walking in on the dinner you're having with your family only to introduce himself as your son?"
She was clutching his hand and staring up at him, her fingers gently entrapping his fingers. Se didn't want him to be very far from her, if far at all, because in that moment, she wouldn't want someone to distance themselves from her. "If she really wanted a baby, there are plenty who need homes. It wasn't just the people killed in these walls who are gone, there are parents gone, too. She doesn't have to fall on you to pick her back up. I think that's very reckless, Anthony. Very reckless, indeed."