HELIOS, THE SUN GOD; A TITAN WITH A SHINING HALO OF THE SUN UPON HIS HEAD

MILO COURTNEY MURDERED HIS MOTHER.

(that's what everyone thinks)

(they've got a pretty good point, though)

(he was found kneeling in a pool of her blood)

(the first day he met her, she died)

(coincidence?)

MILO COURTNEY DID NOT MURDER HIS MOTHER

(that's what he wants everyone to know)

(like, he's only ever met the woman once)

(and it just so happened to be the day she died)

(coincidence)

(he promises he didn't do it)

IT WAS ALL TO DO WITH HIS TROUBLED PAST, SAID THE PAPERS

HE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS, SAID THE PAPERS.

A WIZARD RAISED BY MUGGLES, SAID THE PAPERS.

BULLIED AT SCHOOL, SAID THE PAPERS.

BOUND TO HAPPEN, SAID THE PAPERS.

no it wasn't, said milo (who crosses his heart and hopes to die and promises he didn't do it)

a story about the boy accused of murder and the boy who picked up the pieces, but not in the cheesy, romantic sense.