Joe"s toe bumped against the riser at the podium. The jolt sent a screech of feedback through the microphone. Inside his body, he felt his gut, his heart, his head shake with turbulence. He had a moment of doubt where he wondered if he was truly prepared for this new turn his life was taking.
Searching the crowd, he found a beacon when he saw Foxy. He caught sight of her where he"d left her, standing with Rich. She wasn"t smiling. She looked very concerned. Her gaze followed Commissioner Benson as he walked off.
Joe wanted to leap down off the stage and go to her. To go to Benson and deck the commissioner for what he might have said to upset Foxy. But Joe knew he didn"t need to. He could see it in her narrowed gaze. Foxy had already made the man out to be the villain without any need for
