Phantom Hope

He’s a famous figure, a musician and a singer. There’s a lot of noise and gossip around him. And the biggest buzz is that he’s accused of having a non-traditional sexual orientation—though that isn’t true. And me? I’m his childhood friend, who became something like a lifeboat he grabbed with a deadly grip.

The offer to pretend to be his girlfriend for the press completely changes my life. And why did I only say “yes”?