#Chapter 180: Distraction Rather than Corruption

I tried not to let my mouth hang open at this, instead waiting for him to continue speaking. He let the silence hang between us until he was sure I wasn’t going to make a mess of things and then continued. “We happened to read your most recent article, the one that focused on us.” Heat coursed all through my body, and I prayed that I wasn’t blushing in a way that made me look stupid. “After our initial shock at seeing such a candid and unauthorized account of our personal life on display for the entire nation to read,” he threw these words out at me like weapons, “We came to the realization that maybe you had done us a favor.” I bit my lip to keep from saying anything that would get me in trouble. A favor? Now I was really confused as to where this could possibly be going. “We hadn’t realized that public perception of us had reached such a horrible state. You have much of the truth there, but it’s all skewed as if being viewed through a mirror. Do you understand what we’re getting