#Chapter 217: Awaiting Sentencing

I hadn't even caught my breath when Charles scooped me up in the hardest hug I'd ever gotten from him. It was so hard that it almost drove the remaining air from my lungs. The rest of that morning flew by as Charles and Gwen helped me to avoid questions I couldn't answer from the press while Theo, David, and the other four guards pushed a path through the paparazzi so we could navigate our way back to the safehouse. We decided it was better to stay there than go back to our apartment, yet, at least until we made sure that any of the king's remaining supporters were under control. Gwen wore a mysterious smile on her face for the rest of that night and into the following morning. But I couldn't get her to confess to what she was up to. We'd barely finished breakfast when someone knocked on the door. Gwen hurried to answer it and admitted two people who took my breath away. One of them was Cathy! Since I didn't know the other, I ran straight to Cathy, hugging her as tightly as I coul