[ vi is usually only really rude to des -- he has that effect on her -- and she's not often rude to ladies because she feels a deep urge to stick up from her own gender. but the look she gives francesca is far from polite and incredibly disbelieving, even as her sharp tone stays quiet. ]

I was married for less than a day and my husband was murdered right in front of me, because of me, and now I'm pregnant and I have to have this baby all on my own and the only thing she'll know about her dad is stories because he's never going to be able to meet her much less hold her and tell her about when he was her age and he had to walk uphill both ways to go to school. In what universe is that ever good news?