Chapter 8

The reporters who had been waiting on-site now swarmed forward, practically shoving their microphones into Zane's mouth. "Is everything in that footage true, Mr. Holt? Did you build your fortune by betraying the person closest to you?" One of the reporters inquired, "Now that you know the Gibson family—the very one you were trying so hard to cling to—once had their doors open to you, how does that feel?" Another reporter said, "The whole internet knows your scheme, and your carefully planned crime has backfired as solid proof of your guilt. Do you have anything to say to the public?" The negative news about Zane spread rapidly online, and the livestream viewer count skyrocketed to one million in seconds. The devoted husband persona he had built was turned into proof of his crimes. All traces of his former poise were gone as he clumsily tried to avoid the reporters shoving microphones at him. He mumbled in a daze, "It's not true. It can't be true." Joyce's voice rang out just then