Joscelin wasn't surprised when the social vultures descended. She'd been away for a year, after all, and this was the first party since her return.

Their questions started small even as their ranks swelled until nearly a dozen women Joscelin barely knew were asking her how she'd been.

"It was a lot," she said softly. "I'll leave it at that."

But they wanted more, and more, and finally Joscelin broke and gave them ever lurid detail despite two turning rather green and another rushing off for air.

But they'd asked!

And they never did again.