The press room was suddenly silent the instant those large doors shut behind us. From all that noise and flashes of cameras, this silence was jarring.
There was only the soft whir of the air conditioning inside the building. I was utterly spent, as if someone had sucked out all my energy through a straw.
I was shaking in my legs and my head was spinning. The whole press conference seemed like a marathon race with an audience of a million people watching me.
Alex still had his hand on the small of my back, guiding me down the hall towards the car. His touch was different this time.
Before, it was for show purposes only, just a piece of the act. But now, it was genuine. As though he were actually trying to weigh me out.
We reached the car and a gentleman opened it for us. I actually c
