“Hailey, look over here!”
“Any comment about Craig Benson’s arrest?”
“Can you comment on the future of the Lachlan Foundation?”
“Is it true your mother was once arrested for solicitation?”
The last question would have knocked me off my feet if I hadn’t been through seven rounds of practice with Adam. Instead of snapping back with the words I wanted—words with plenty of curse words—I kept my face calm. I stood still by the car, waiting.
And then came the question I had been prepared for.
“With everything that’s happened, how do you feel?”
I looked straight at the reporter who asked. “I’m grateful to be alive,” I said clearly. “And I’m grateful to be here tonight.”
The gala was inside an art museum. We entered on the upper floor and descended a sweeping marble staircase that seemed t
