"What?!" And just like that the fog dissipated. How could she have been so stupid? Of course Elladora hadn't begotten a child, she thought herself so much better because she was. There was no double standard, no cruelly kept secret, it was all wishful thinking. Suddenly Ella's grip on her became thoroughly repulsive to her and she tried to yank her hand back from her. Ursula was so deeply embarrassed that she almost forgot that there was still the matter of the mysterious child at hand. "Oh, Ella, do let go of me!" she snapped.
Ursula didn't want to think about the boy anymore, if she dwelt on it for just a second she knew she'd regret it, for who else could have been responsible for that boy but Phineas? It would make far more sense than Ella whose pregnancy would have been hard to miss. If the child were Phineas' then it meant his disinterest in her was personal rather than a general disinterest in her sex as a whole. What sort of woman could he possibly have chosen to consort with and why? What did this woman have that she didn't?
Ursula didn't want to think about the boy anymore, if she dwelt on it for just a second she knew she'd regret it, for who else could have been responsible for that boy but Phineas? It would make far more sense than Ella whose pregnancy would have been hard to miss. If the child were Phineas' then it meant his disinterest in her was personal rather than a general disinterest in her sex as a whole. What sort of woman could he possibly have chosen to consort with and why? What did this woman have that she didn't?
Thanks to Bee for this magnificent set <3