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."

yet hit the news as the Fairfax family had opted to keep it quiet. Who would have known that by the time

needed to send someone to the nurse and make her return the fifty gold coins she

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

did hear from the dressmakers hired to make dresses for the Fairfax girls before

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

was doing. And the

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

royal child, do you? Will they take in the child even

that heard the whisper looked at Sigrid and

pretended that they heard nothing and decided that it was time to end their brief visit to the home of the

be pardoned in case

away from the manor, Sigrid pondered on the whispers and claims being made. She had a feeling that before the day ended, the entire city would know about Emmah’s pregnancy. The claims that

had exhausted him. His eyes were closed, his breathing slow. It seemed as if he was

that Emmah’s child is royalty. That shameless woman might become bold enough to

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