Emilie paused, took a deep breath and turned to face Jonathan
“Today, we met for lunch and I noticed that she was not her usual self, Emilie continued, “She was a bit withdrawn but I kinda brushed it off as ‘just one of those days’. We were talking about nothing in particular and then we started talking about how small our social circle is and I mentioned how ideal an environment for rumour-mongering such a circle becomes. I then told her about the rumour I had heard without saying where I had heard it.
Her demeanour immediately changed, but that was expected because what was going around was a horrible thing to spread. What I found odd, was that she became extremely defensive, saying that she knew it came from you and that you were trying to get back at her because she was always agains
