#Chapter 160 Rumor Mill

A few days after Pete and Chuck were arrested, I was driving Andrew’s gold Aston Martin to the hospital. Andrew had already gotten his driver, Carl, to take him back to the city for an important meeting about rising tensions between pro-integration and anti-integration demonstrators early that morning. I wanted to visit with Nikolas on his last day in the hospital, so Andrew let me take his car while Jeffrey watched over me, as always. Everything proceeded normally as I parked and exited the car. I wove my way through the other vehicles and up to the visitor’s entrance. Then I was surrounded. “Crystal Blanchard! Crystal Blanchard!” a chorus of paparazzi called my name. “Crystal Blanchard, why are you at the hospital today?” one reporter asked, shoving his recorder in my face. “Is His Highness Alpha King Andrew Dubois with you?” “Crystal Blanchard, is it true that you and Andrew helped catch a pair of arsonists?” another followed up. A flash blinded me as she took my picture. “Crys