When Anna walked in, she stopped dead in her tracks. The store looked like a circus had come to town. One of the shoppers, the wife of a Tang family business partner, spotted her and scurried over like a mouse on a mission.
"Mrs. Tang, hurry! Something's happened to your daughter-in-law!"
"Daughter-in... law?"
Anna's brain felt like it had just short-circuited. Since when was one of her five sons married? And why was she the last to know?
"Yes! Your daughter's wife is being accused of stealing! I have to say, I'm impressed by your family's open-mindedness when it comes to same-sex marriage. But let's be real, regardless of gender, the important thing is the person's character!"
...?
Hold on... what did she just say?
Daughter's wife?
Same-sex marriage?
She had only left her two daughters alone to shop for less than an hour, and now this crazy rumor was spreading like wildfire? What was next? Would she have a grandchild if she stayed away for two more hours?
