"Don't!" Violet hissed. "Don't you dare say that cursed man's name around me! Everything that's happened is his goddamn fault!"
"What?" Ilse rolled her eyes impatiently as she pressed a silver circlet to her brow. "Stop being so dramatic! Yes, you're in a mess and you're upset, I understand that. I'll help you as best as I can. But there's no need to start dragging people who have nothing to do with it into this conversation-"
"Who do you think did this?" Violet interrupted as staggered to her feet, clapping her hand over her belly. "Whose child do you think this is?"
"I have no idea." Ilse's eyes were round as she stared back in confusion. "I hope it's not one of Leo's hard drinking friends, is it? I've told him more than once that group of rowdy men is a bad influence on him-"
