For the next twenty seconds, Dionisia remained quiet as she sought the right words. Was there any way to tell Zelda that Elliott didn't belong to Ari? Or that Ari didn't—and never would—love her? How could she explain that? And then she would have to explain Reuben Crouch's sudden presence and why she'd decided to contact him, and—well, it was so much, and Zelda didn't seem to like her that much anymore.
"How much do you know about the circumstances of Ari and I's marriage?" she asked quietly. She assumed everyone had their opinions. She and Ari had married in December of 1888, only to have a fully-developed, healthy baby boy born the next June. At this point it was easier to let people assume she and Ari had premarital relations than... well, the truth.
"How much do you know about the circumstances of Ari and I's marriage?" she asked quietly. She assumed everyone had their opinions. She and Ari had married in December of 1888, only to have a fully-developed, healthy baby boy born the next June. At this point it was easier to let people assume she and Ari had premarital relations than... well, the truth.
