Rumor Has It
~Russell’s POV~
There he was. Maxie Rose. A shallow son-of-a-bitch, who'd ruined my life. The first time he'd hurt me was the worst, but I had long since decided it had been out of his control. But most recently, he'd supposedly started a rumor that I, mild mannered, well-behaved, Russell Snowe, had slept with Mr. Thatch, the new, 23-year-old history teacher. Obviously, I hadn't. It was a stupid, unrealistic rumor.
No one else seemed to think so.
Everywhere I turned, there was ridicule and legs extended to trip me (childish, right?) because everyone seemed to think those stupid rumors were true. Except for Maxie