Del sat in the chair, unfolded the newspaper, and turned to the double-page centrespread where Celia ran the main features. What the hell? Her original headline had been replaced by the outrageous ‘Coal King has Feet of Clay’. Celia often made alterations to copy, but this was ridiculous. Del had gone out of her way to put a positive spin on everything to do with Nick’s family. It wasn’t hard; Carson Shaw was a paragon of virtue. He gave generously to charity. He ran apprenticeship programs for disadvantaged young people. He knew half of his constituents by name. Del had duly reported these things. Nothing in her article justified such a salacious header.
What the hell?. There were the photos she’d picked. The poignant Shaw family snap of Carson as a young man standing alongside his older
