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Chapter Ninety Seven

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Lila.

I was folding tiny onesies again.

Not because I had to, really I'd already folded them twice but because it was the only thing that kept my hands from trembling and my thoughts from spiraling. It had become a ritual now: fold, smooth, tuck, breathe. Fold, smooth, tuck, breathe.

The nursery still smelled faintly of fresh paint and lavender oil, a scent I'd begged the housekeeper to diffuse just to help with the nausea. But tonight it did little to soothe me.

I heard the knock before I felt it soft, hesitant on the slightly ajar door of my room. My spine went rigid. I didn't have to look up to know who it was.

"Lila?" Anna's voice was gentle, and that alone made me suspicious. She never came to my room. She barely said more than pleasantries unless she was pointing out a mistake I’d made or subtly reminding me of my place.

I turned slowly, folding the last onesie and placing it into the drawer. I didn’t answer right away. The silence stretched.

Anna stepped in.

She wasn’t wearing
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