Chapter7

My stomach dropped. I hurried out. Amy stood at the ward door with a crowd of reporters, waving a stack of photos and sobbing into the cameras. “It’s her! The woman who came between me and Chuck six years ago! She’s a homewrecker!” Flashbulbs exploded. Microphones jabbed at my face. Grandmother heard the commotion inside, and her agitation triggered a violent coughing fit. “Amy, get out!” I blocked the door, much like a lioness protecting her cub. “Come at me all you want, but leave my grandmother alone!” “Come at you?” Amy sneered, slapping the photos in my face. “These are proof you seduced Chuck six years ago! You think acting innocent now will fool everyone?” The photos scattered—intimate shots of Chuck and me from six years ago, and a few from that KTV night, taken at angles that made them look vulgar. Then Chuck appeared, shoving me behind him and glaring at the reporters. “Who let you in? Delete those photos now, or I’ll sue you for defamation!” “Chuck, you’re here!” Am