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“Yeah, but there’s no scandal here No cheating, no prostitutes, no taular couple who happen to be separated”

“A regular couple?” Mimi heard someone say It was Betty Jean Collins, a os, as well as the receptionist for The Whispering Bay Gazette, the newspaper Mier Van Cleave had recently resurrected back to life

“Oh, hi, Betty Jean Yep, Zeke and I are just a regular couple”

“You’re t

he closest thing this town has to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston What I want to know is, who’s the Angelina Jolie in this story?”

“There is no Angelina Jolie”

“There’s always an Angelina Jolie Especially when there’s a good looking man involved And honey, yourthis town has ever seen”

Mihteen years ofher how attractive they found her husband Norh it off, especially since this was Betty Jean and she was old enough to be Zeke’s grand mood

“I proelina Jolie”

Betty Jean gave her a hard stare “So the rumors about Cindy aren’t true?”

“Cindy? You mean, Cindy orks at the police department?”

“Special friendships a co-workers are the number one cause of divorce I read that in Redbook” Betty Jean frowned “Or one of those lady azines”

Special friendships, huh? Not that Cindy wasn’t attractive, but the thought of her and Zeke…well, it was just too ridiculous to give any serious attention But that didn’tit

“First of all, we’re not getting a divorce And secondly, what kind of rumors have you heard?” Mimi asked cautiously

The older woh the air “The usual That they’re doing the hanky-panky”