Chapter 189

Amber explained to the audience how Steve had seen the elderly man worrying about getting the shingles up, left the tour group and carried the materials up the ladder for the man. Then she showed Steve, Gwen, Charlie, and Jordan nailing shingles down with no one else around. She explained how people began stopping to help when they realized who was on the roof helping Mr. Franklin.

“Photo-op, my butt!” declared Kate during the next commercial. “Steve was helping that old man before anyone even knew he was doing it. You guys went back to help put the shingles down after you checked in on the preparations at the arena. That Hardy sure looks like a fool after watching Amber’s interview. I knew he was full of crap!”

The mood of the gathering had greatly improved once the interview was aired. It was pretty obvious that Hardy had an agenda of his own and that Gwen and Steve were simply trying to do the right thing. Then the benefit concert began with Gwen and Jordan singing ‘t