It had been a thing of great shame for Ruth when all the mess of Thomas and Reyona started circulating.

When Reyona’s scandal started, she had been very vocal in telling anyone who would listen that such a shameless woman had deceived her son.

She became a mini-celebrity in the new club, where she had hardly gained any recognition since she joined.

Then, when the tide turned, those who had started getting close to her because of her fabricated lies quietly distanced themselves from her.

Her neighbours remembered how she had raised her nose at them and they all decided that if she could say all those horrible lies about...