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No More Running

Chapter 8

After James had rushed off to have a tendency to his grandmother, Lily found herself alone within 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 becoming an excessive amount of 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 has decided to use them against her.

Lily's thoughts raced, seeking to figure out a way to cope with this modern crisis. She c
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