in communication is what leads to the situation in which Kelvin discovers that ‘real’ Rheya had an abortion without telling him, causing him to descend into a rage. Rheya is genuinely shocked at his reaction – because they have previously discussed the possibility of being parents, and Rheya has made it clear to him that – for reasons left unexplained - she cannot be a mother.

“I thought you knew that about me.”

But, for Kelvin, this is the tipping point at which he realises she will never be the wife that he wants. The knowledge that there was a pregnancy conceived, regardless of their previous conversations on the subject, is too much for him to bear, and brings into sharp focus the things he will never have with this women – namely, the patriarchal &lsqu...

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