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We Need to Talk About Kevin Chapter 6: December 9, 2000

By Lionel Shriver

Chapter 6: December 9, 2000

Eva recalls a prison-time chat she had with Kevin, when he accused her of never wanting him.
"I thought I did," she says. "And your father, he wanted you—desperately" (6.3).
Kevin is insulted by the "thought she did" business.
Eva tries to explain that motherhood was harder than she expected—and that she never formed an automatic attachment to him.
Flashback time.
Eva and Franklin kept their own last names when they married. She, Khatchadourian. He, Plaskett.
Eva and Franklin decide that if it's a girl, she'll be a Plaskett. If it's a boy, he'll be a Khatchadourian.
We make that decision seem easy, but Eva and Franklin actually argue about it for a while. It's the first of many arguments that strain their marriage.

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