Chapter 8 After James had rushed off to tend to his grandmother, Lily found herself alone in the health center room, the load of the whole lot pressing down on her. Her father's precarious fitness, the constant media scrutiny, Chloe's vicious blackmail scheme - it became all an excessive amount to undergo. Lily glanced at her father's slumbering form, his face gaunt and light, and felt her coronary heart clench. She reached out and lightly squeezed his hand, silently inclined him to pull via. "I'm so sorry, Dad," she whispered, tears stinging her eyes. "I never meant for any of this to happen." She sat again in her chair, trying to accumulate her mind. Chloe's chilling words echoed in her thoughts, the chance of her "sordid past" being exposed sending a kick back down Lily's backbone. Whatever skeletons had been in her closet, Chloe decided to use them against her. Lily's thoughts raced, seeking to figure out a way to cope with this modern crisis. She could not maintain mendacity
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