"I don't know how she came to that conclusion. No one wants Eponine dead. My husband barely even pays much attention to her now that they don't share a jail cell." Nadine shakes her head, at a loss.

"All I can guess is that she wildly misinterpreted whatever was said. Or jumped to wrong and way out there conclusions." Or she supposes Julie could have flat out lied, but...Julie has more than enough ammunition against Eponine already, without resorting to that. No, the likeliest explanation is that whatever had actually been said, an imaginative and elaborate narrative had been woven out of it to get them to here.

"It's all just a big misunderstanding."