It was not hard for Crystal to get the castle's fax number. After all, most of the servants knew it, and after making a few calls, she had tickets booked for an eight o'clock flight to Seattle and a copy of the newspaper in her hands.

On the front page, in bold letters, were these thirteen words: AND THE AWARD FOR THE MOST UNFAITHFUL WOMAN OF THE YEAR GOES TO:

Beneath that, there were a series of indecent images. All of Nancy and Paul's private parts had been censored, but there ...