Chapter 24. Poise & Almosts

“Myla, you don’t have to do this,” Jared said, jaw tight as he looked at her adjust her blouse.

“Yes, I have to, Jay.” She said as she smoothed the black blazer over her hips, chin high, eyes blazing in anger. “Just because of the rumor they have been dragging him through the mud like he hasn’t built everything they are feeding off. Like he is already dead. If I don't make any statement, they will keep thinking so."

Outside the estate gates, reporters were gathered like sharks circling blood. They have been there since the previous day; the news has changed from Hayden being dead to him being in a vegetative state after one of the EMTs who came with the ambulance had leaked a picture of Hayden unconscious and strapped to the stretcher.

The culprit would be dealt with once they had his identity.

Cameras started flashing through the