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Chapter 54: Proof Of Innocence
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"Thank you so much for coming. I wasn't sure you would."Anthony stood and held out her chair for her as she approached. "I have to admit I was curious.""Well, whatever your reasons for coming, thank you." "I came for you. I knew you must need my help to call after what happened at the coffee house." "Don't you care about yourself? I mean you were in those pictures too.""Please, if anything I got off easy. The men think I'm a stud. Society sucks.""Yes, it does. You know Seline leaked those pictures right?""I was sort of hoping she didn't, but there is no other explanation." "I'm really sorry." "I kept waiting for her to grow up and it never happened," Anthony sighed "Plus I was always distracted by a certain redhead."Anna smiled at him sadly "If I didn't love John so much things might have been different." "I know." He said softly."I wanted you to know that John and I found proof of the digital altering of the photos and we are giving them to the press today to help clear ou
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"This is Peter Richards with ABC 11 news. Top story tonight, the phots that caused such a sensation on the Town Talk website the past few days have been verified as being false. Sources state that the photos were a combination of two other photos and were extensively edited. The photos were released by a third-party source.. The blog has claimed that they had no idea that the photos were edited and claim that they will seek legal action against their source. The blog also posted a retraction and an apology on their site." Anna smiled as the newscaster droned on. She felt lighter than she had in forever. Sometimes she felt bogged down as if she were a hundred. Now hearing the confirmation that Seline had told the truth caused her to feel a little lighter. "I can't believe it, she actually does have good in her somewhere. I never saw that coming." "I'm totally shocked," John said as he turned off the news. "Combined with the evidence that we submitted everyone knows now that the pictu
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Anna put away the last of the supplies on her desk and smiled. This was her first day working as a lead in training and she was so excited. What made it the best was that John hadn't promoted her because she was his wife, he promoted her because she was doing a good job and making the client happy. Anna was trying to ignore the odd looks from the other employees. Not that it wasn't hard but after all the things she'd overcome in the last month waiting out some sour looks and resting bit$% faces was nothing."Knock, knock," Bess said from the doorway. "Okay to come in?""Bess, come on in! I'm so glad to see you. I wouldn't have been here if not for your mad computer skills."Bess smiled and sat down across from Anna. "It was nothing, I'm just glad I was able to help. So how have you been holding up?" "Okay, I told John that I'm tired of all the drama in the last few weeks. It's emotionally exhausting.""I understand that", Bess said, "I went through a really hard time in college with a
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Anna glared at him and tapped her foot. "the next words out of your mouth had better be "I'm sorry because anything less is just going to tick me off."John felt the blood rise in his face and realized just how mad he was. He was tired of seeing the way men looked at Anna. She didn't see it, but he did. He had never been particularly trusting of his own sex where Anna was concerned and after the Anthony pictures, he was sick of it. "Why would I apologize when that guy was just hitting on you?" "He wasn't hitting on me! He's my new executive assistant, I was trying to get to know him." "He was certainly trying to get to know you, I heard him ask you out, how is that even appropriate? You are his boss.""You are crazy, he wasn't asking me out, he was trying to be friendly." "Any more friendly and he would have had you in his lap." "I'm sorry?" Anna breathed harshly unable to believe he would say such a thing "Since when do you think I'm a Wh&*e?"John raked his fingers through his h
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Anna wiped the tears off her face as she pulled in at the lake. Lake lure was just far enough from Asheville that no one would look for her there. She tucked the keys in her pocket and walked down the dock. The sun was setting and twilight had not yet fallen on the lake yet. Anna took off her shoes and put her feet in the water breathing deeply. The tranquility had always been an escape for her and she needed it now more than ever. They'd rented a trailer about a mile from the lake every summer before her mom died. They'd never had the money for a real vacation. "Maybe I can just get in the lake and keep swimming," Anna muttered as she wrapped her arm around herself as the tears continued to make tracks on her face. "At least then I wouldn't have to feel this." She'd seen the misery out of control rage and jealousy caused. She'd seen it on the face of her mother for years. "I guess I thought I knew what to avoid. How did I end up in the same situation?" She thought to herself as she
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John stared at Anna in the quickly falling darkness. Her revelation was as shocking as it was horrifying. Ray was one of the most respected businessmen in the Asheville area and came from plenty of old money earned in manufacturing. The McCoy family name was as good as a check in any part of the area. John felt a sick feeling creep up his spine as Anna stared him down. "Are you going to say I'm lying again?" "NO," John said as he raised his hands in surrender. Anna glared at him, her heart hurting, her brain-twisting as she wondered whether to believe him. He stood back and seemed like he was finally listening."He let her die rather than paying to help her." "That's not what everyone was told." "Of course it wasn't, did you expect that it would be? He had been jealous beyond belief and had been abusing us both for years, do you think the great Ray McCoy would want anyone to know that he let her die?""I guess not," John said sadly as he remembered her father. Handsome yes, but hi
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Anna and John spent the next few weeks works working to rebuild the trust that was damaged between them. John was doing everything in his power to show her that he was ready to make a change but something held Anna back form really moving past it. She knew it was her own hang-ups, but something inside her kept shouting at her to be careful. "I am so screwed up." She thought to herself as she got ready to leave John's office. She put the paperwork on his desk and turned to leave, bumping right into John."Hey beautiful, just in time to go home with me." "I would but I have some things to finish. I have to get the proposal done for the Bennington." "Any chance I can convince you to play hooky?"No, the boss is such a slave driver."John smiled and pulled her closer." So I'm a slave driver?""Who said you were the boss, Stella's the boss." John put his hand to his chest as if wounded. "I thought I was in charge.""It's something women let men believe.""You could be in charge any time
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The phone rang as Anna was heading out the door and she swore but went back to get it. The new account was high maintenance, to say the least and the client had no qualms about calling at all hours and he would not consider 9:00 at night late anyway. She picked up the phone and answered only to almost drop it a moment later. "Still working I see." A cultured voice said softly down the line. "That can't be good for your marriage, I'm surprised that you wouldn't know that. Or maybe not considering the family you come from." Anna counted to ten before answering, "Melissa, what an unpleasant surprise. What misfortune do I have to thank for this?""I haven't spoken to you in a month or more, you'd think you'd at least want to be civil.""Not really, I have to get home to my husband.""That's actually what I'm calling you about although I don't know if I want to give you the information after you were such a bi*&h.""Listen, Melissa, I don't have time for any more games, I'm tired and I mi
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