Chapter 98

"Hi," Elizabeth said softly. "Can I sit here?"

Julitta did not respond to her and only kept slipping stones into the small pond.

"I can understand how you feel about this issue. Diana told me that you had been with her even before Coco was born. I told her that that was very wonderful and that I would be thrilled if I watched her grow another baby in her belly and birth her."

Julitta scoffed silently.

"I understand that maybe I'm not the best person you'd want to speak to, right now. But I will also tell you something else."

"Diana always spoke about you while I did your make-up. Oh, if Julitta was here... She would do this and that and somewhere, I got jealous-"

"Was that why you chose to steal the child's affection from me?" Julitta snapped.

"Steal is such a strong word, don't you think?" Elizabeth asked, cocking her head to the side. "Look, when I met Diana, I didn't know she had a child. I assumed she was just a young woman, probably engaged or newly married and she wanted to gain