Chapter 448

As soon as the fire escape door shut, a commotion erupted outside. Aloysius's voice cracked as he yelled, "Why are you all crowding around me? I'm just a high school student! I've answered these questions a thousand times! "You don't believe me anyway, so why keep asking? Bother James if you're so brave! You're picking on me because you know I can't blacklist you!" Even through the closed door, Melody could sense how close Aloysius was to breaking down. She felt a chill run through her. She knew plenty of reporters had been looking for her recently and that the Internet had been in an uproar. But both James and Jeremy had reassured her that everything was just minor and told her not to worry. Even Aloysius had gone out of his way to cheer her up and never mentioned the chaos outside. Melody knew he had been using eight alternate accounts online to defend her, but he had brushed it off as no big deal and claimed it was just a few noisy people. The Lamberts had done their best to pr