Thank You for the Son

— I already told you it was an impulse! A mistake! I still love you, even though you can’t give me children!
I press my back against the couch, feeling a bitter mix of pain and disappointment.
— Do you think it’s easy for me? — his voice breaks and turns into a rasp. — It’s not my fault! I’m healthy, everything is fine with me!
— But… am I to blame?..
— Well then, who?! After my husband cheated, a random meeting with a friend of his older brother turned my plans upside down. He offered me, in exchange for his help, a fake marriage and a child. And I, дурa, decided that this would solve all of my problems.