chapter 10

"That's great news " Lina said hearing the old woman's words.

Elena froze.

"Pregnant? I cannot be Pregnant how?" She thought to herself.

Lina noticed the look on her face, causing her initial Joy to fade away into worry.

"So...not great then?" Lina uttered. Hearing this, Elena began to form one of her fake smiles, smiles that she had well perfected, one that she engineered instinctively, because the last thing she wanted to do was to explain why.

"No no, I'm just shocked, it was unexpected" She ended up conjuring.

Seeing the smile, Lina smiled as well, taking a seat beside her and giving her a reassuring short hug.

Elena was confused, did she see right through the smile? Was this meant to be some sort of congratulation?

As her mind pondered, she had to do her best to fight off tears on receiving it.

When last had she even felt somebody this physically close to her that wasn't a male, Or received a hug that wasn't something fake to bring her hopes up, only to batter that very ho