Elena's POV.
"He's an illegitimate child, remember?" Mercy said, her voice tinged with a hint of surprise that I didn't already know this information.
I shut my eyes, opening them to stare at her with a mixture of confusion and mixture of confusion and urgency. "What do you mean?" I asked, my mind racing to understand the implications.
Mercy sat up straight, facing me directly. "Don't tell me you don't know," she said, her tone incredulous. "You have a phone, don't you? You can't be oblivious to the trending topics on social media."
I shook my head, feeling overwhelmed. "Mercy, please, just forget all this and speak plainly to me," I begged, my patience wearing thin.
She raised her hands, wiggling her two fingers at me. "Well, your crush, Derek, is an illegitimate child," she said, as
