When the party ended, word spread that Heather and Alexander were dating.

Of course, the fact that a clown named Allen Christopher, who had wanted to attach himself to the Denmark family with fake earrings, was also spread as a joke after that. Of course, some people had noticed that both men share the surname Christopher and wondered if they might be related, but no one paid much attention to them because of their surnames.

Heather knew that, but she didn’t mind the rumors. As a newcomer to ...