The next day, Janet came home from school all confused because a friend had told another friend that Jaber’s daddy was going to get married to her nanny. The girl had a picture of Efua in an old-fashioned lace wedding dress standing with Jason to prove it, which someone in her household had evidently printed off the internet.
Janetwanted to know if that was true.
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“I really can’t believe Grandmama did this,” Ife said, leaning forward in one of the rocking chairs on the back porch of the old Adams home.
Her husband, Michacl Gabe, gave her a dry look with one arched eyebrow. “You’re really surprised?”
Before she could respond, Efua asked, “Are we sure it’s even Grandmama who spread the rumor?”
“Of course it was her,” Ife replied. “Who else would it be? And who else would have had access to that picture. We know it wasn’t Kike who spread it around.”