"Sometimes..." Anthony said in a halting voice, "sometimes that are reasons for our fears that we can't quite explain. Sometimes it is just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, that would sound foolish to anyone else."
A strange little smile moved across Daphne's face without her even realizing it, as if her body had realized before her mind that she knew exactly what to say. "But he wouldn't suffer," she said, "because you will be his father."