#Chapter 55 - Photoshoot

After that utter failure of a meeting with Michael, James and I returned to the office where he, Daniel, and I continued to rack our brains over what we could possibly do. The three of us sat around James’ office in contemplative silence. As soon as James got through explaining the situation with Rudolf at the Alpha Gathering to Daniel, his initial suggestion was that James begin working on some sort of statement to release to the press, explaining his side of the story. “All the public has right are a bunch of photos with little to no context,” the beta said. “What’s important now is that, while the issue is still fresh in everyone’s mind, you be the one to tell exactly what was going on and what provoked you to act out.” I nodded my head in agreement. “I think that’s a great idea, regardless of what becomes of it,” I stated. “I think staying quiet on the whole matter only makes you appear more at fault.” James wasn’t difficult to convince and got straight to working on his