The whole premise of this made me feel icky. To keep a child apart from the mother, is the lowest of the low, and then for the author to insult our intelligence by saying, "Oh, the baby is sick. We're keeping you apart for you're own good - so you won't be infected." Why take a morally reprehensible action and try and twist it, to make it look like it's humane. Angel's behaviour is excused. We can continue reading the book, and feel okay about it. I'm sorry, dear author. But you took the easy way out. For that, my respect has flatlined. This isn't Pride & Prejudice, where a simple misunderstanding of one's character drives the whole book. This is trying to rewrite an awful act of keeping mother and 9-month-baby apart.