Chapter 206

"Ma'am!" Edith's voice shot up a pitch as she rushed over, grabbing Delia's hand. "Tell me the truth-are you pregnant?" Delia paused, then chuckled and shook her head. "How could that be? I just took a test last week." "Why not? You've been sleeping tons, always tired, and now you're nauseous all the time! That's classic pregnancy symptoms!" The way Edith said it, so genuinely convinced, honestly got Delia's heart racing a little-but the more hope she got, the harder the fall would be if it turned out false. "Come on, come on!" Edith didn't give up; she grabbed Delia's arm and started dragging her out. "If you don't believe it, let's go find out right now!" "Whoa, whoa-hang on!" Delia quickly stopped her, half-laughing, half-exasperated. "Edith, relax. I still have a couple of those test kits Cassandra gave me upstairs. I'll go check again." "Alright, yes, absolutely!" Edith was practically panicking from excitement. "Okay, okay, you go do that-I'll call Mr. Stockton right now." "No wa