Mrs. Mitchell froze for a second.
Seriously? After all these decades, that dusty old drama still had life in it?
Of course, she knew exactly what grudge lay between them.
But come on, it had been ages, and with Mrs. Campbell lacking hard evidence—and needing to protect Mr. Campbell's name—there was no way she'd dare bring it up.
So she'd never really been afraid. Didn't even bother to care.
But Mrs. Campbell clearly wasn't playing by those rules—her words nearly knocked Mrs. Mitchell off her feet.
"Utter nonsense!" Mrs. Mitchell barked, trying to hold it together. "Mrs. Campbell, is that really all you've got? So petty, it's embarrassing!"
Then she cast a quick glance at Stella Dawson and scoffed. "And all this because of some random illegitimate child from who-knows
