Chapter 24
Theo
As God is my witness, I never planned to get Kick alone—away from the safety found in numbers, Lily or someone standing by to keep us company. All I could think about was getting her to safety, away from the damned tabloids. The last thing she needed was another series of articles, blurry drone images of us together smearing her reputation and sending Josef into a fury.
Bad enough that Natalie stoked the flames with her well-placed whispers in certain ears about her relationship with me. Her family was no better, arranging her appearances at the hospital at the same time I visited, in order to play up the pairing. There was nothing subtle about it. It wouldn't have been right to call them out in public, but it grated against my skin as I met the patients and staff, Natal
