Her eyes flashed with stubborn determination. "I’m perfectly capable of having a child on my own—if I decide to. I don’t want you—staying involved with me because you have some antiquated sense of obligation and believe that you have to make honest witch of me now. I just—" her voice wobbled as she inhaled, "I would rather know right off if you don’t want to be involved—it would—be easier for me if we could conclude things amicably in that case."