Alex’s POV

The night was a silent one, really. Nothing much was done, except us laying together until sleep did its course.

All that was in my head was how I was going to deliver my speech. I knew that letting the media into my life was going to make things really complicated for me and I was more or less ready to handle it.

I wanted to answer all the questions they had for me and assure them that I wasn’t guilty of what I had been charged with.

“You’re already awake?” Yvonne asked me when she woke up and saw me seated on the bed.

It was just...