“How much influence could a few encounters have?” “They brought her homemade soup, Lorenzo. You know what happened to me when I got the stomach bug in January?” “You got soup too?” “No, I wish. I was stuck heating up a can of Campbell’s while Lily, the people’s princess, was given the royal treatment.” She follows up with a laugh, so at least she isn’t bitter about the favoritism. “It makes perfect sense why people would react so positively to you taking care of her. They adore her.”
