Chapter 5: The Press Conference
Chapter 5: The Press Conference
Forty-eight hours became twenty-four.
Instead of hiding...
Evelyn rented the community hall across the street from her diner.
She invited local reporters.
Domestic violence advocates.
Former employees of Holloway Select Markets.
She expected twenty people.
More than two hundred arrived.
Television cameras lined the walls.
Hannah stepped onto the stage wearing long sleeves that no longer hid her bruises.
She spoke quietly.
She never cried.
She simply told the truth.
Minute by minute.
Year by year.
Then Linda Pierce stood beside her.
Then two former employees.
Then another woman.
Then another.
One voice became six.
Six became twelve.
By evening...
The Holloway family's carefully polished reputation had begun collapsing live on television.
Grant watched every second from his office.
His lawyers begged him not to speak publicly.
Margaret smashed a crystal vase against the wall.
"They're lying!"
No one answered.
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Because for the first time...
Even their own staff had stopped believing them.
