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RainbowPumpqueen
Since: Apr, 2021
1) There is a secret being concealed from someone 2) Someone who knows the secret has a discussion in private with the person unaware of the secret. They talk about something completely different, perhaps disheartening or saddening, and this elicits a response. 3) A third person comes in, sees the person is sad, and presumes they have heard the upsetting secret. 4) They say something like, 'so, I guess you heard about (reveals secret),' or, 'so they told you' (and the unaware person probes for details). 5) Argument or conflict ensues.
Is there a page for this trope?