Hannibal never calls her Bella. Here's why.
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Hannibal doesn't call her Bella. He calls her Phyllis, because that is her name. Bella is what Jack used to call her. But she is no longer Jack's wife, so why call her something that is not her name?
They decide this a few days after Bella's divorce with Jack is finalized. She and Hannibal can finally be together in a non-taboo relationship ; they can finally be open and tell people about it.
They're getting themselves ready for the opera when the topic comes up. Hannibal realizes that he doesn't know her maiden name, and he tells her this.
She tells him that she was born as Phyllis Rose Miller. Hannibal decides that that is how he is going to address her as: Phyllis Miller.
It's a very simple decision, no need to discuss it. Phyllis only gives him a look when he introduces her to his Opera companions as Phyllis and not Bella. She smiles, knowing that each day, she's getting farther and farther away from what her life with Jack was.
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