48~Zachary

"Mr Hawkins. This is your first time in public since your release from jail. Any words as to your sudden vindication?"

"Are the rumors true?"

"Did you kill Mr Evans on purpose?"

"Are you truly an assassin as the publications imply?"

"Did your parents pay your way out of jail?"

I was bombarded with a series of questions as soon as I stepped out of the building that morning. My jaw clenched in aggravation as they threw one offensive question after the other my way.

"How did they find out I was here?" I turned to James and he gave me a helpless shrug.

The flashes from the cameras around were blinding. Someone must have tipped the press off concerning my first ever public appearance since my release from jail.

It was such a hassle to get away from them. My guards had such a hard time keeping the throng of journalists away from me. It gave me a headache.

I leaned my head against the car window, inhaling and exhaling, hoping to be out of there before anything could happen to the car cause t