"And it ain't any of your business" he replied sharply, very much telling her to back down and drop the topic. But as annoying as Rose was, she was still a Ward, and Claude could never truly be rude to her because of it. He moved forward and took hold of her basket before turning on his heel to head towards her family home. She wasn't the only one who knew the backstreets of their town. Claude probably even knew of a couple she didn't.