The shield of the talkative sister-in-law

Summary

My sister-in-law, Carol, is a world-class gossip. One day it's Mrs. Henderson next door having an affair, the next it's my brother, Mark, getting a promotion, and the day after that, it's the girl downstairs being "loose." She’d spread rumors about everyone she knew and still act like she was doing them a favor.

I told her to stop making up stories, but she just said I was uptight and didn’t understand how the world worked.

Then, when one of her victims confronted her, Carol threw me under the