"Those were possibilities," she snapped, frustrated. "This is a threat, Lindsey." That was what it felt like, at least. It didn't add up to Cathy that they would put her through hell just to make her hurt. There was more of a statement to it than that.
Taking the mug of tea in her hands, she simply held the beverage, taking some small bit of comfort from its warmth. "I know I'm being punished," she admitted, almost a whimper. "Because I took you away. That's the way they see it, like Eve did. They see me as the reason they lost you, and they're never gonna let us be. Bringing a child into the world with that hanging over her head...that's something I don't ever want to do." That hurt most of all. The possibility was one she didn't even know existed until a month ago, and it had scared her and elated her all at once. Now, seeing what she had seen, Cathy could only see conceiving Izzy as an act of selfishness. She would rather remain childless than put a helpless being into the line of fire.
At the same time, she resented that they had the power to dictate something so important and personal in their life.
They would figure out a way to prevent the scenario she had lived from becoming a reality. He swore on it. When it came to Lindsey, that kind of promise was not to be taken lightly. "Do you think it's possible?" she asked him, looking up at him imploringly. "To prevent it? I mean, honestly. I'll do anything."
She was desperate to protect her family, regardless of who exactly that family entailed. If it remained only she and Lindsey, she would be content, as long as she had him. If there ever was a child involved, especially in the near future, as Izzy had suggested when she gave away her date of birth, the stakes were that much higher. As much as she wanted to shield Lindsey from harm's way, the fact remained that she was powerless to do so. The little girl, on the other hand, was her responsibility. And Lindsey's, she recognized. It was why he had felt it so necessary, even if it was only a damn hallucination, to do whatever it took to keep her safe. A vicious circle.