Chapter 62

“What the Hell is this!”

Katherine jolted awake as her father burst into her bedroom. She yanked off the padded eye cover and blinked at the bright light streaming through the open doorway. Her father tossed a magazine on her bed as her mother hurried into the room, startled by the loud shouts.

“Honey, what is the matter?”

“Daddy?” Katherine asked.

“Explain that!”

Katherine picked up the magazine, discovering it was a tabloid called the Eagle. On the cover it declared Trouble in Paradise and below it was an image of Katherine on the sidewalk after being thrown out of the DaLair office building. In the corner, it asked: Who is Julius DaLair’s New Woman? Turn to page six for details.

Shaking in anger, Katherine tore through the magazine to the correct page to see several photos of Julius and his mystery redhead. There was a large photo of her in his arms, their lips pressed together. Another photo showed them waiting on the sidewalk for the valet as Julius placed his jacket over her sho