A. While driving to work this morning, I passed a car accident at the corner of Elm and Juniper
Answer:
i dont understand what your question is. please explain further.
Explanation:
There is a conflict between rumor and reality in this excerpt.
On one hand, we have the rumor - that Nick became engaged to someone, and everybody heard it was true. However, on the other hand, we have the reality - that he in fact is not engaged, thus the whole story is just a gossip rather than something that actually happened.