"Well… He seems less trustworthy to me, for sure. His wife left him—why would she leave him if he was a good person? He didn't even get custody of their child!"
"I remember him saying in an interview that women shouldn't have been given the right to vote."
"I bet he was cheating on his wife."
"Maybe the police are under-funded because all those funds go somewhere, you know? The Assistant Chief's car looks new. Is it new?"
"I'm sure it is!"
In several more minutes, the gossipers poured an entire barrel of dirt over the Assistant Chief. There was so much that Tristan could barely keep track of what was just a non-confirmed rumor, and what was outright made up for the sake of it.
"Thank you, thank you, ladies," he butted in, finally stemming in the flow. "I see you don't like the guy at all, and for plenty of reasons."
