Malicious Whispers

"I don't know who spread it," Mia said with a sob, her face contorted with grief. "But that's what everyone's saying now."

Clara's expression turned utterly grim. At that school, only Leo truly knew Mia, and he was probably the only one aware of her family background.

'There's no way a kid like Leo could have caused such a stir on his own,' Clara thought. 'Someone must be pulling the strings behin