19: Finding her home

*Theo*

When she opens the door to me, after I dashed to her room, she has tears streaming down her face, and she is all ruffled like she has been rolled up somewhere crying. I only glance at her for a second, then she is in my arms. "Sweetie, what is wrong ?"

"Byron, he came to tell me he can't get into a new relationship now ... that it would make him look bad in the press". She hides her face against my chest sobbing.

I push the door closed and lift her up, before walking to the couch, sitting down, cradling her in my lap and stroking her back gently. "Fuck ! this was exactly what I feared would happen".

She is sobbing again, her voice almost inaudible. "But it is the truth ... and Luke said ..."

"Alli stop defending him … he is a complete idiot to throw a woman like you away … he must have lost his marbles". I stroke her hair gently. Damn Byron is daft to let this woman go.

She closes her eyes, having her in my arms feels much better than it should. "Hey, you haven't exactly