Yes....it happened

Ok, so I know that this is not really too significant for this short story, but the magnitude of just how awesome this idea is is worth blogging about. So in the short story Popular Mechanics... the baby had to have been ripped in half!! (or at least a socket or arm pulled out). And in my opinion there are many details in the story that support this. First of all, for about half of the story, the man and his soon to be ex-wife are desperately and emotionally fighting to have the baby. Eventually, this results in a tug of war battle (the baby acting as the rope in this situation). The last line then states: "In this manner, the issue was decided." If one of them had gotten the baby, I don't think that this would have simply decided the issue. If the other one had got the baby then the one who lost the baby would have deifinitely gone and tried to get the baby back immediatley after. I think this because of how emotionally they were fighting for the baby. This is my reasoning for how the baby got ripped in half because the alternative meaning just does not make sense.