Chapter 10

Shelmaine shook her head. She had no idea. "That Natasha!" Isabelle fumed, her hands on her hips. "I heard something else about her, but I'm not sure if I should tell you…" "What is it?" "It's about Natasha. Turns out she has an older brother who was Samuel's childhood friend. Apparently, something happened to him last year. The person who told me was someone from their circle." Shelmaine wasn't familiar with Samuel's circle, but Isabelle had some connections. When Isabelle first found out about Shelmaine's marriage to Samuel, she was almost scared into a heart attack. Back then, Isabelle had just started mingling with their group, and Samuel was the most mysterious of them all. Isabelle only knew about him because they occasionally mentioned this big shot. Shelmaine didn't have a wedding or a reception, which Isabelle had found odd. Sure, plenty of people skipped weddings these days, and elopements were common. But this was Samuel they were talking about. It was hard to bel