A & B are not mutually exclusive though
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Re the recent posts on A (Bella/Jill relationships) by various:
Bella is
confirmed 35 (by DPC on discord). As a Junior, Jill should be between 19-21.
The 15 year-ish age gap allows for multiple relationship links:
Friend of sister, favorite aunt, ex-babysitter/tutor/au pair etc. - so all your theories thereof have a valid chance of being correct.
On Bella being Jill's mother specifically - there have been a few variations on this
One possibility:
- Bella had Jill at too young an age to take care of her and Jill was given up to be raised by a relative (e.g. Bella's older sister who was married to Jill's father) as theirs. This allowed Bella to keep in close proximity to Jill, but the actual relationship is known only to Bella. Jill does
not know that Bella is her mother.
This is supported by a segment that occured after the outdoor Yoga session where MC tells Bella "It's not like she's your daughter or anything." To which Bella reacted not with her (at the time) usual anger at back-talk but instead she could not look MC in the eyes and turned away in sad silence.
Not a reaction one would expect if she were just a close friend. Did the remark cut deeper and closer to home than MC knew?
Dun...dun..dun.
I actually don't think this will be the case. Just having some idle speculation on what may be possible rather than probable