She nods slowly. She'd guessed as much from the way he treated her. Men show how they are with children by how they treat women. If they don't treat women right, they probably won't care about children either. She couldn't trust him with her daughter, with their child, if he wouldn't even admit to it.

"Would, would you mind letting her think…he's dead? I, I don't want to bad mouth him or anything." She just wants what's best for her daughter. She looks away, clearly ashamed.