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"Then," I took a deep, shuddering breath, "as you all know, she and her husband, Bryan, were ht, for a stupid painting I bought as an investlared at the screen, not caring if they could see ry about it "I got through those first sixthe people who did it, so when the cops told one coldI’m not ashamed to say that I went off the deep end

"The only healthy thing I did was to do what I should have done a long tiuys that I was unhappy and that I was quitting the band They’re a people They were so supportive, and I won’t ever be able to thank thelive I willed h Europe The guys knew I needed tione For just over a year, I traveled around Europe, staying in hostels, staying away froone, the further I drifted froeable I had just enough ow, Scotland, and that’s where I’ve been for the last eight, nearly nine months With no money, I had no choice but to sleep in this little one-ht I used to set it up in a cemetery, believe it or not And I’d busk in the city to make money to buy food So yeahSkylar Finch was homeless for a while," I said dryly "At the ti filled o, I ht of Killian filled ot better It felt like I aking up fro sleep and when I did, I couldn’t believe how much time had passed

"I was afraid," I admitted "I was afraid to reach out to Austin, Brandon, and Micah, to reach out to all of you because I’d left it too long I’d been selfish And I’m so sorry I’m so very sorry You should know that the photos posted that outed ht after Brandon and Micah offeredthereat guys And I spoke to Austin on the phone and we’re good too You iveness, and ht, but I have it, and for that, I’rateful

"As to the photo that see, eren’t It was a kiss on the cheek taken at an angle that made it look like a kiss I’m sorry to disappoint any Miclar fans out there, but Micah and I are just friends I love him and he loves me, but it’s in friendship That’s all it’ll ever be

"So" I smiled wearily into the caivemy mom threw me off course for a while I also want to say, however, that this is probably the last personal thing I’ll ever post on socialthe finer details of my life with the world media makes me the opposite of happy I hope you understand, and I’m sorry if you don’t But I have to be true to myself now That’s all any of us can really do"

I pressed the stop button and before I could talk myself out of it, I uploaded it onto both Twitter and Youtube

Truthfully, I felt shaky about it Butterflies raged like wild things in ot into bed But I couldn’t sleep Not just because I worried about how the world was reacting as I laid there in that hotel room, but also because I knehat I had to do the next day

And it was going to be aa video to socialat six in thewho it was before I even looked at the screen, I steadied myself as I reached for the phone

"Hello?"

"What did you do?" Killian didn’t sound angry; he sounded confused

Sitting up, I laid back against the headboard and sighed "I did itthat interview"

"I think I got that rew quiet for a moment and then he asked hesitantly, "Have you looked at the coht swarhtness "No Is it bad?"

"No, Skylar It’s overwhelly positive Gayle called er She’s been getting a lot of follow-up interview requests I told her to deny them all You said what you had to say It was brave I’ out tears, and crushed the phone harder to et a knock on the door fro committed," I cracked dryly "I did admit to the world that I, a multimillionaire, was homeless for five months"

"Yeah, well, your fans seem to appreciate the honesty They also think a roaned at the thought "Just what the world needs"

"You don’t have to, but we still have the photographer and style teao for this album cover shoot"