The guy went so far as to act like a complete idiot, lying through his teeth to cover for her. Thank God he had enough sense to call his unlucky older brother to give him the heads-up instead of trying to shoulder all the blame himself. Otherwise, the Troy family would've been making a trip to the police station to bail him out.
And then it wouldn't just be his brother cleaning up his mess—their short-fused father would've beaten him senseless.
Did these people seriously think someone as sharp as Harold would back down just because a few of them vouched for Jeremy? No chance in hell things would wrap up that neatly.
This whole situation had Phoebe wrapped up in it, and anyone with half a brain could see Harold was setting up something much bigger. He was clearly playing the long game here.
Hadn't they noticed how Phoebe smacked Katie right in front of everyone earlier? Harold didn't just ignore it—he backed Phoebe up and made Katie apologize to her face.
