Okay. Did Evelyn believe him? He couldn't tell because apparently she gave off no emotions on her face as usual. But he was her fiancé and as far as he was aware, she loved him. So she would believe him, right? He thought so. Then he was not going to question that and get in trouble with it.

Why would a daily prophet attack Simon?

Good question. "I only know what the reporter told me in his statement. That Simon was trying to hit on his girlfriend." the Auror shrugged a tiny bit. "I never took Simon to be the kind of man to hit on other people's girlfriends so...i don't know." Just when he was going to mention some of his theories about the incident, he heard Simon's voice and looked up. "There he is..." then Josh said. "He can tell you himself."