How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
And finally, reluctantly, almost as an afterthought, but because you cannot escape your destiny, and so that he wouldn't walk away scot-free, she added our surname, the name of the man who had left the room: Stone. (1.10.81)
It's a funny twist on Hema's part. She doesn't want Stone to come back for the babies, but she also wants to mark him as their father. She doesn't want to let him get away with abandoning them, because it was the wrong thing to do. It's also a sort of favor to the babies, connecting them to their father by name if by nothing else.