Lauren
Lauren"We"re going live in thirty seconds, Lauren." Candy Davis, the only reporter I"d ever liked, patted me on the knee. "You okay?"
"I"m good. Just want to get this over with."
"Listen, doll. I won"t lie. This is a huge scoop for me. But if you don"t want to do this, we can still back out. I told them no promo, just in case."
I knew I liked her for a reason. "I want to do this. I have to do this." For everyone"s sake. Rye"s, Brian"s, and most of all, mine. "Is the car ready?"
"Yup. Town car to the airport, security in place. Your mother left a message that she"s leaving a ticket for you."
Of course she was. She and her ticket could rot in hell.
"Good. Thank you for doing this, Candy. I couldn"t face all those cameras at once." I glanced at the camera trained on me. I didn"t
