Chapter Thirty Nine

LARA

The past few months had been a whirlwind, to put it mildly. The Eden launch had come with the kind of media frenzy one could only pretend to be prepared for. There were days I couldn’t even recall what city I was in unless I checked the hotel room key. Between back-to-back press releases, last-minute media appearances, crisis control, follow-ups with stakeholders, and managing Gavin Pierce’s