CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
The Paparazzi and tabloid papers gobble up the story of Michael Barron. The bizarre appetite of their celebrity-crazed readers for scandal and sensation is whetted by every repugnant detail. Instead of being ostracized, Barron is a bigger star than ever. He is not the culprit but the casualty of conspiracy theories, the victim of his father’s unscrupulous behavior, the object of envy and jealousy. He hadn’t molested any young girls or disrespected people of color - after all, he was one himself. So, he had a DUI; didn’t everyone?
Crime scene photos of Angela Bolane’s body lying in the street, and Victor McMillan’s remains dug up from the Ibarra fountain are splashed across the mid-section of papers and magazines in gory color, juxtaposed with Michael Barron’s handso
