Chapter 30: Rumors

The moment I heard it, I was furious. I had gone to Gracie's place, and things got a little handsy, but it never went that far. Which bastard had the nerve to spread a rumor like that? Royphia Village thrived on gossip. People lived to wag their tongues, and nothing fueled the rumor mill like talk of affairs.  Men got off easy. Women, the minute they stepped outside, would be pointed at and whispered about until they couldn't show their faces around here. "Whoever started this, I'll wring his...