Betrayed by Love by Hailey Hogan Page B

skimpy bikini begins to play. “What the…”
    Jackie comes in the room. “I had our IT person check it out. I hate to tell you this, but someone hacked the site. He’s going to take it completely down for now.”
    “Tell him don’t do anything just yet. I’ll send Brenda down to talk to him.” She called Brenda and relayed the information, while Jackie called IT.
    There went the uneventful day. Less than an hour later, Brenda, Bach, John and Garth sat across from her in the conference room. “We spoke with IT and it seems like someone hacked your site and sent the picture to everyone that was signed up on your site,” Bach said.
    “At least I wasn’t totally nude.” She tried to look on the bright side of things. “It could have been worse.”
    Brenda added, “We’re tracing the IP address now to see where the problem originated.”
“In layman’s terms please,” John insisted.
    Garth responded, “With an IP address, we can identify the person or location of the computer.”
    “Hallelujah. My troubles are almost over,” Eva said, as she held her hands up.
    “Now, calm down. We don’t know if it’ll lead to the person directly. It’s possible that they used someone else’s computer or one in a public place,” Garth said.
    “I’m sure you’ll get to the bottom of it. I’m confident in GT Securities.” Eva stood up. “Brenda, will you be accompanying me on my interview at Hotel Bel-Air?”
    Brenda looked at Garth. Garth responded, “I’ll go with you. I want Brenda to follow up on the IP report.”
    “Let’s go. I’m already running late.”
    John said, “See what I have to deal with.”
    “Oh I can handle her.” Garth teased.
    Eva waited by the door and patted her foot. “Step. Step.”
    Garth opened the door. “After you.”
     
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    Eva wished Brenda would have come with her instead of Garth. Garth sitting in the corner pretending to be invisible made her nervous. She was already nervous interviewing for the People magazine article. The ride over to the hotel lobby went smoothly only because they both avoided talking about anything personal. They spent the ride talking about her fan website and making small talk about the weather and traffic.
    The brown-haired female reporter pulled out a tape recorder and asked her several generic questions to ease the tension. “I learned earlier today that someone hacked into your fan website. Is that true and how do you feel about it?”
    Eva responded, “It’s true and I apologize to my fans for having to endure receiving the mass email that was sent out about it. We have people working to resolve the problem and hopefully they can ensure that it doesn’t happen again.” She looked in Garth’s direction.
    “I haven’t had a chance to see the email that went out.”
    “It wasn’t bad; it could have been worse.”
    “Rumor has it that you have a deranged fan out there.”
    Eva squirmed in her chair. Garth nodded his head as if he understood her nervousness. “I’m not sure what rumor you’re speaking of.” She hoped she sounded convincing.
    “One of my sources said that this person has been sending you hate mail at the studio and your home.”
    “Well, you might want to check with your sources again. You can’t believe everything you hear.”
    “I will do that. Changing the subject. How do you feel about your Daytime Emmy nomination?”
    “I’m thrilled of course. I’ve worked hard to get to this point and I appreciate being honored by my peers.”
    “A lot of people didn’t think you could do it.”
    “Exactly. They only saw me as a pretty face. When I was approached about doing the talk show, I almost turned it down.”
    “I’m sure you’re glad you didn’t now.”
    “Am I? I proved to myself and to some of the naysayers out there, that you can do whatever you put your mind to.”
    “Some have accused you of exploiting other women to keep your ratings up.”
    “Those are my haters. My shows deal with issues