Chapter 147
DEMI
I knock over my coffee when news footage of Liam being led away in handcuffs airs on TV the next morning.
"Oh dear, are you alright?" Mrs. Regan bolts to her feet, wiping off the brown smudge on her new table cloth. I am too distracted to even feel the scalding burn from the spilled coffee on my hand. My eyes remain glued to the TV.
"No. No." I continue to hum. Liam? How could this happen? I reach for my phone and dial his number but it’s switched off.
"Demi, do you know him?"
I continue to ignore Mrs. Regan unintentionally while I try to make sense of the shocking news. How did this happen? I thought Ashton has everything handled with respect to the Spellman and Rollins deal? How was Liam exposed as Billion-Err? Does he have a lawyer to fight for his defense? How could his own family throw him under the bus like that?
Ashton’s phone is turned off as well when I try it, and this worsens my anxiety.
"Demi, are you going somewhere? You can’t go out right now, remember?" My host reminds me with concern etched all over her face after I lurch to my feet. She comes around the table to calm me down. "What is it, dear? Why has the news got you all tensed up? Shouldn’t you be happy that the notorious blog that constantly bullies you and your family has finally been stopped?"
I sniffle. "I’m sorry, Amber. I didn’t mean to make a mess." I grab the towel from her to pad off the rest of the coffee but she stops me. She cups my chin and makes me look directly in her eyes.
"Should I be worried?"
I tear my eyes away from her maternal ones that strangely feel like looking into my own mother’s eyes.