`` no , '' matt said , reaching for the tribune and irritably snapping it open , `` but if something happened last night to cause an uproar in the press , anderson should have called me at ho- '' he glanced at the front page of the paper and froze , momentarily unable to absorb the shock : pictures of meredith , himself , and parker reynolds were staring back at him beneath a headline that screamed : fake lawyer confesses to duping famous clients he snatched up the paper , scanning the accompanying story , his jaw clenching .