Chapter 158: Chapter 158: UNDER SCRUTINY: FLYNN

Facing the press after the sentence was handed down wasn't easy, but I'd told myself I'd faced more difficult things in life. The wait was over, but the act of a jealous, manipulative man had put him in jail. Tyler Chisolm was the one who never really paid the true price for his wrongdoing, preferring to snitch on his friend to save his own ass.

Hundreds of clicks from camera shutters and questions followed one another on the steps of the courthouse. I never responded once. Clay told reporters that Bernie had made the deal, and in return, I could go back to work. Ten minutes of answering questions we never wanted to answer, I was back in the SUV, and we were speeding away from the scene.

I rang Valerie as soon as we were clear, and she told me a press release on behalf of the band was being aired by FOX and SKY news channels from midday. They had agreed to play the video, and MTV had wanted to run it after twenty-four hours.