The statement went out at noon.
It was two sentences, exactly as agreed. The first established that the photograph had been taken without consent and the reported speculation was false. The second stated that the Vale family's private medical matters were not available for public comment. Clean, factual, legally watertight, and utterly without personality.
Elara read it from her desk, confirmed it was doing what it needed to do, and was about to close her phone when she noticed the third paragraph.
It was only one sentence long.
My wife's integrity is not a subject for public speculation, and I would ask that those who have had the opportunity to know her, as I have had the privilege of doing, extend the same respect.
She read it twice. Then a third time, slowly.
As I have had the pr
