11  Г  Gossip is a weapon.  Especially in the village.  I used the gossip against Ashley.  The news spread quickly.  Billy found out he was being cheated on and  wanted…

10  Soon, there was a scandal.  Billy cheated with his cousin, and Ashley  caught them.  This time, Ashley won.  The Johnsons didn’t mention divorce.  I found out about Billy and…

9  He was helping his widowed cousin cut  firewood.  く  I laughed.  1149  He never helped me before, but he helped his  cousin.  He saw me and ran over.  “Jenny…” …

8  00  I was making clothes for a neighbor when I  heard her.  I grabbed a shovel.  Peter stopped me.  He stood at the door, and the mother and  daughter…

7  I wasn’t scared.  <  I wrapped around him.  Tell me. I can’t sleep, and I won’t get  pregnant.”  Peter said he had a dream.  He saw that after he…

6  Outside the temple, Carol told me to be  patient. “Stay away from them.”  I hugged her arm.  “Mom, don’t worry. I’ll stand up for myself. If I  don’t, they’ll…

5 Carol and I worried about Peter, but we knew  we had to keep going.  No news was good news.  i  got up early to make breakfast.  Carol rested on…

4  く  After Peter left, I kept busy.  I gathered herbs and dried them, taking them.  to a drugstore in town to sell.  When the weather was bad, I made…

3  1 held Peter’s arm and smiled sweetly.  “Donuts are too sweet. Peter says apple  fritters are better, so he got them for me.”  My sister had always been spoiled. …

2  ^  The wedding was planned.  Mom found a fortune teller.  The teller said the sisters should marry on the  same day, or the family’s men would be in  danger. …