Confidence - who tells?

Her best friend's lover was a good-looking, sweet guy. At coffee one afternoon he quietly propositioned her. He had never even touched her.

It bothered her a lot. She told several people, some who were known to be indiscreet. All were sworn to secrecy. None told. Eventually her boyfriend pointed out that it was disloyal to keep the event from her friend.

The interesting thing was that the wicked chatterboxes had kept shtum. Had she really told them in confidence? Had she hoped the story would get out?

It was several months later that the whole thing became common knowledge.