Chapter 341: Who is the father of the baby?

Sitting behind Roland and Sigrid was Mrs.Vickers, wife of the most well known apothecary in the Doria. Somehow, her ears were sharp enough to catch Roland’s question and she was in the mood to gossip so she leaned forward and whispered with an urgency, "Crown princess, Crown prince, haven’t you heard the news?"

Roland and Sigrid were surprised that someone was brave enough to pull them into gossip. They frowned at each other before turning their heads to look behind.

"Mrs. Vickers." Sigrid said the name with a polite smile. "Thank you for coming."

"It is a pity." The bubbly round faced middle aged woman answered.

The words were so perfunctory because there was not one ounce of sorrow on her face. In her eyes was a glint of joy as she thought she was about to share the most scandalous news ever.

"I heard from Lady Aberdon who heard directly from nurse Shalin that Emmah Fairfax is in a family way. Nobody seems to know who the father is. Some say it is prince Benjamin, others say it is Sir Valerius, others think it is Gage the giant and some say it is the shopkeeper Bumblebert. You would think the list ends there but it goes on. Every man that has been seen in her company is a suspect."

The music stopped just in time for Mrs. Vickers next words to travel all through the drawing room.

"Some of the men in this very room are on the list of those suspected to have put Emmah Fairfax in the family way. It is amazing that there is no Ashford on the list. Anyway, nurse Shalin swears that it is the reason behind Lady Jane’s murder. That she knew the real identity of the father of Emmah’s child."

not yet hit the news as the Fairfax family had opted to keep it quiet. Who would have known that by the time

clenched his hands around the walking cane. He needed to send someone to the nurse and make her return the fifty gold coins

to respond to Lady Vicker’s claims. "I knew it. I saw her vomiting secretly in the bathroom at the school and I asked her how she was feeling. She claimed that she had simply eaten some bad shrimp. But I knew straight away that she

for the Fairfax girls before the debutante ball that Emmah’s stomach was

heard her appetite had increased incredibly. That is usually one of the greatest signs of

that given all that flirting she was doing. And the way she used

should be a precautionary tale to all young ladies. If you live recklessly, you you will suffer

do you? Will they take in the child even if the

that heard the whisper

that they heard nothing and decided that it was time to end

would be pardoned in case the child she was carrying was

on the whispers and claims being made. She had a feeling that

the funeral had exhausted him. His eyes were

I do. We cannot have people assuming that Emmah’s child is royalty. That shameless woman might become bold enough

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