Suddenly, a thought struck her.

Was Stella attempting to obtain Bella’s hair?

Of course! That explained Stella’s eagerness to gift Bella the hairpin.

Panic set in, and Elizabeth mulled over her next move.

She decided to seek advice from Kristian.

Rising quickly, she declared, “I’ll go grab the coffee.

She hastened forward, but as she rounded the corner, she collided with a waitress coming the other way.

Elizabeth’s expression soured as she snapped, “Didn’t you see me standing here?”

stammered out apologies

with irritation, Elizabeth had no

“Just get the hell

her thanks and

reached for her phone,

was remarkably similar to

minute,” she called the waitress

wrong?” The waitress looked apprehensive,

gestured toward her hair and

a few

returned to their table, holding three cups of

fixed her gaze on Stella for a moment, and then shifted her

Stella had surreptitiously placed Bella’s

Stella had come to suspect Bella’s true identity as her mother, but she was determined to thwart any attempt at a paternity test using

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