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It was a pity Brett and I couldn’t spend ti With the media pressure on us, I would have liked to have talked to so, but that would only haveworse It was better we stayed away from each other

When I woke up in the er on it, but so it would make me feel better When that didn’t, I ate breakfast, but that only made me nauseated By the time I had to leave for work, I didn’t feel up to it at all So instead, I called Brett

“I’ to take a day off,” I said to Brett “I feel terrible”

“Is everything all right?” he asked I could hear the concern in his voice

“I don’t know, maybe I just need a time-out The last week has been very difficult I’m so sorry”

“Don’t be I understand I wish I could crawl back into bed myself Feel better, I’ll check in with you later today Pop ”

When we ended the call, I changed back into my pajamas and cli h a lot in my career as an executive assistant, but the kind of pressure Brett and I had faced the past week had been so else entirely

I didn’t knoas wrong with ain, this was so else I kneould look bad I knew theout because there was truth in the ru spread But I couldn’t help it I had been going to ithI was supposed to, to show the to tuck my tail and run It was Friday, I had a whole week of hell behind me, and I was just so tired

Lately, I had been getting a lot of sleep It was easier to pass the ti that was being said and broadcasted by closinghow early I had been going to bed, I shouldn’t have been tired at all But ue Maybe I was mentally drained

The other alternative was that I was co the flu because my immune system was down When I stressed, I tended to eat less, and that affectedIt would be shit ti, but it wasn’t impossible After all, ifthat was in the air I wouldn’t have thought anything of it if everything had been business as usual It was only because everything was upside down right now that it seeet sick on top of it all

I tried to stop analyzing it I could driveto a doctor, I wouldn’t know And I wasn’t nearly sick enough to brave the o to a doctor’s office No, I would stay in bed and sleep it off Brett had told me I could stay home, and I would ain later For noould let Brett shoulder the load while I tried to recover Maybe I would be able to return the favor at some point

When I closed my eyes, I fell asleep quicker than I had expected When I open ht in er than I hadto settle down after a long day of work

I checked my phone I had a missed call from the office—no doubt Brett had tried to check in when I hadn’t expected him I decided I’d send a text in a fewto phone hi on the phone, but if they hadBrett in the penthouse by bribing the front desk, they could find anything It wasn’t that I was paranoid I was only being careful, I told myself

After taking a quick shower, I walked into the kitchen to prepare so, and I froze I wasn’t expecting company, and I was suddenly terrified that the reporters were hunting h a list of the people it could be My mom had a key, so it wouldn’t be her Katie would have phoned before dropping by Brett would stay far away fro as the stories about us circulated, and I couldn’t think of anyone else ould make a house call