Someone wants to poison me

"We can contact a private investigator," Maisie suggests enthusiastically. "Just how many people are in this city who have Nell's hair? We only need to do DNA tests to put a final nail on the coffin."

We are in the book club room and brainstorming about different ways to find my father. I have told them everything except for the part about the faeries and sorcerer's powers.

"But I didn't expect that you would get pregnant," Nick says to me awkwardly. "You have a baby inside your stomach. What will happen to it when you eat food?"

The question is puzzling. I have to idea what he is trying to say.

"Everything that you eat will fall on the baby's face." He points at my belly. "Does it eat everything that you eat?"

"Gosh!" Abigail covers her face with her hands. "My IQ dropped by hundreds after listening to him."