French Exit2020

Malcolm:
Can I ask you a very dramatic question?

Frances:
Yes.

Malcolm:
Why did you have me in the first place?

Frances:
That is dramatic. [pause] It wasn't planned, of course. I thought I couldn't have children, and had never wanted one. Then, when it happened, we thought your presence could help us come together. You were a last ditch effort, in effect. But then, when he saw you, it clarified something for him, and he turned away forever, from you and me both.

Malcolm:
But I shouldn't hate him.

Frances:
Your father is an emotional moron, but he isn't evil.