Chapter 28: A Matter of Upbringing

'So are you going to have the baby and keep it?' Charles repeated when Sharon kept silent. She sighed. 'I don't know.At first when I was in shock, I did think of an abortion, but I can't quite bring myself to do it'. David listened without comment, she gave him a wry smile. 'You can't escape your upbringing, can you?My father brought me up to face my own responsibility for what I have done, not just get rid of the evidence and try to walk away as if nothing happened. Abortion would be ducking out, wouldn't it?' It's your body- you are the one who has to decide. Women have abortion everyday', David said dispassionately. 'Yes, I know', she said slowly. 'And I respect their reasons for coming to that decision, they have other circumstances to cope with, other backgrounds. I only know how I feel. I am the one who has to live with the consequences, whichever way I take, all because I was stupid and reckless for just one night and went to bed with Bryan'. 'You see the baby as a punishment yo