If you came into the salon any time during this week, you could have heard the Fall City Gossip League chatting, mostly about the 4th of July party:
The BIK Strikes Again: "I cannot believe you missed the party! YOU MISSED SO MUCH" "I know. My son had the chicken pox. It's been going around." "Monica got attacked!" "WHAT?" "BY THE B.I.K!!" "B.I.K.?" "BELLOWES INN KILLER." "I was walking around outside, and I heard this sound in the bushes. At first I was like, oh that must be an animal, you know? But then, there was this pressure against my back and I could feel a man standing behind me. So I RAN. I just ran as fast as I could. I didn't want to die. I ran all the way to the Marples house where Greg could protect me." "That is so scary." "Terrifying." "I'm glad you got away." "You know what the scariest thing is? ..When I turned around to look at the killer who'd been chasing me? There was NO ONE there." "He disappeared?" "Just like those slasher killers in movies." "I think he was wearing a mask." "What was the BIK doing at the Mayweather's?" "Penelope Dale was there." "Penny Dale? New Cora?" "Well, I guess that explains why he attacked you. He probably thought you were Penny." "I am like the prettier version of her." "I still can't believe they cast her and didn't even ask you to audition." "Did you tell the police?" "I found one of them at the party and they didn't even write it down." "I can't believe it!" "The police in this town are such slackers." "They really should have found the murderer by now." "It would never take Kate Beckett this long. Even without that mystery writer." "Emilia even has one of those..."
"Wow. I still can't get over how scary your experience was, Monica. Usually at the 4th of July party all the drama is about the hookups." "Oh, there was PLENTY of that. Did you hear about:"
Mitch and Wynnie: "During the fireworks, they kissed in front of everyone!" "WHAT? The bartender and Wynnie Llewellyn?" "I don't believe it." "He INITIATED." "I literally really don't believe this. Like, let's not spread gossip that isn't true. We don't want people to get the wrong idea."
Lola's Husband and Mia Bennett: "The uber driver hooked up with Lola's husband?! Really?" "Mia went into one room. Joel followed a few minutes later." "Wow. I did not see that one coming. Joel so does not seem like the Uber girl type." "Some men just want a girl who will take them wherever they want to go."
Hugh Christian and Diamond Mayweather: "You should have seen them during Truth or Shot. The two of them were all over each other." "ALL OVER EACH OTHER. And all they wanted to do was talk about sex. You should have seen the way he was flirting." "Isn't that the man who's been dating Marceline?" "I don't think it's a big deal, Cherise." "We saw Marceline with someone else at the party too." "Who? Henry March?" "Eddie Wolfe." "I did not see that one coming."
"Okay, but ladies, if we're talking Mayweathers, someone has to mention the pregnancy test." "What pregnancy test?" "I saw this girl pull out a pregnancy test from one of the bathrooms and take a picture of it. Then when I went to look at it, it was positive. One of the Mayweathers is PREGNANT." "Ugh, Kendall. If we don't know which one it is, that's not real gossip." "I hope it's not JJ." "Brittany, that doesn't even make sense." "He would make a bad mom though." "The worst."
JJ Mayweather and Lacey Morris: "Speaking of JJ.." "No! Lacey?! I thought they hated each other!" "I thought he was with Sam!" "Doesn't he have a girlfriend?" "What can I say, they both love dogs." "Sometimes that's all it takes."
"Blaze and Melanie: "They were in one of the affair rooms together." "What? Wait, what's an affair room?" "You know those secret rooms that Lola and Joel have so that they can have their affairs? Blaze and Melanie went into one. And then there was a whole lot of pounding." "Oh my. Didn't she cheat on him with Harrison Exely and break his heart?" "He's a Wolfe. It doesn't matter." "But what about Amita?" "You know, we were looking into that, and I think she's just dealing him drugs."
Henry March and Lola Mayweather: "Henry was at the party?!" "No joke." "But they haven't even spoken in so long!" "I know. But he was there and Lola didn't kick him out." "Marceline made the right choice going to Eddie." "Everyone knows the Marches and the Mayweathers are going to merge one day. It's just a matter of time."
Hugo and Someone: "We have no idea who he's seeing, but he's definitely having an affair with somebody." "He has to be. Have you seen Euphemia lately? That whole thing in the grocery store? It was the saddest thing I've ever seen." "I think it must be a cop. Every time I pass the Municipal Building, he's out there, waiting for somebody." "Emilia? She's the one that's single." "I don't think it's Emilia." "Oh wow." "Right?" "I thought Euphemia is sad because Emmett left?" "Why would she be sad about that?" "Well, they're twins right?" "If he was a twin, why would he be a cat person? Why would he wear those sweaters?" "Didn't he run off with Innes Wright?" "I still think they went into Witness Protection." "Don't be ridiculous, Cherise." "Yeah, seriously Cherise. That's almost as bad as your Wynnie kissing Mitch thing." "Those sorts of things don't happen in real life."