A few months later, Bryant and Milam sold their story to a journalist, William Bradford Huie, for $4,000. Huie said Milam had been angry about two things when he and Bryant took Till away. They expected him to be both scared and sorry for what he had said to Mrs. Bryant. The boy, however, had shown no fear. He didn't apologise either. Second, Till had told them about his white girlfriend. From that moment on he was going to die.
