The readers needed to shut up and mind their own business, Vivian thought maliciously. It was the kind of detail that reinforced her faith in more drastic measures of control over the population.
"That's a very bleak way to put it," she commented with a displeased quirk of her lips. "The former Mrs Medina, Lily Weinstein was not forced into any marriage. Her name was selected, by chance, as are those of hundreds of other couples. She was given the option to wait but she preferred not to and went ahead with the marriage." Whether it was true or not, the former Mrs Medina had every interest to lie, especially now. Vivian banked on that and kept her poker face resolutely on.