"There is no ifs." May sighed, twisting the glass between her palms. "The government doesn't care whether you are ready for this or not. All they care about is whether you can do as they ask in exchange for living here. I can't think of any place in this world who isn't. Arranged marriages are not new, people marry strangers all of the time. He should be faithful to you, and you him! If you're going to have a baby with him, you should at least work together in raising it."
She combed her fingers in her hair. "That's what happens in a marriage, working together to maintain a family. You're don't have to give anything up to be a wife or a mother. I made sacrifices when I had to, but I was able to do everything I set out to do while married to your father."