Stella figured the walk from the garden to the main house would take her around ten minutes.

"I'm quite busy lately, so I couldn't make time to visit you, Ms. Radomil," Phoebe continued. “Do you enjoy being here?"

Softly grinning, Stella said, "Not bad." She was still able to sleep, eat, and drink.

"It's been a few days since I last saw you, but your belly has grown so big," Phoebe remarked, glancing at Stella's growing belly. “You'll give birth soon, I'm sure of it." She merely nodded, and Stella withheld the precise date from her.

Stella wasn't entirely sure how she felt about Phoebe, to be honest. All she...