He Priced Me At A Penny So I Married Another Chapter 26
“The star of the show is finally here.”
Her voice carried over the walkway, and people nearby all turned to look.
“Lydia, do you dare tell everyone if you were the one who picked up the megaphone that day? If you had already contacted Everett?”
She pushed her phone camera toward me.
The comments on the screen flew by. Some said I was guilty. Others were asking why she still had someone else’s photo.
My breathing faltered.
Last year, under this same gaze, I had tried to explain every single thing.
This time, I didn’t touch the megaphone she held out.
I said to the event organizer, “Play it in the order we agreed on.”
She led me into the temporary debriefing area they had set up.
At the entrance, a new notice had been added:
*No person’s photo or personal information may be posted, traded, or displayed without that person’s written consent.*
The organizer read the line out loud.
“This rule was added after last year.”
She didn’t make excuses for herself.
“At the time, we heard Lydia being auctioned off like merchandise and did not shut down the megaphone immediately. That was our failure.”