The town started talking, of course. Small towns always do. Those two Lenoir and Cupp women, always together. You think they’re...? Cassie heard it in the grocery store. May heard it at the bakery. Neither corrected anyone. Neither confirmed.
Until the night of the harvest festival. cassie lenoir may cupp
Cassie’s throat tightened. “How did you—” The town started talking, of course
That was how it started. Not with a bang or a kiss or a grand declaration. Just two women standing in the soft glow of a rainy afternoon, recognizing something feral and familiar in each other. The town started talking