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An hour later, it’s show tih it’s a Sunday afternoon It’s an odd mix of my parents’ music friends, industry people and a handful of kids froe as the MC introduces e fro front and center My eyes roa at school, there are no blinding lights to restrictI just stand there A deer frozen in the headlights Moo on, start singing already, but I don’t Instead, I frantically search for Dad He’s standing in the back of the roo hi behindh nothing has changed

Chapter Ten

Lucky

It’s been two days since I heard from Dylan The sound of his sexy voice does what it’s done to er when he says he ot planned for tonight?"

"I’m actually on my way to Lucky’s now Avery’s still doaitress, so I’ in"

"Why is it that you’re always there when she needs you, but not when I need you?"

"When did you need o with him on tour Sell Lucky’s entirely and travel with Easy Ryder It’s been a source of contention between us lately, and part of the reason I decided it was tiain

"You don’t needthat, but you’re disregardingyour needs"

"When you’re actually around, you do"

"We’ll see each other in less than teeks I’ to the Atlanta show Re tirow fonder, you know"

"That’s bullshit I still don’t see why you couldn’t coh this a dozen times and the place to rehash it is not on the phone while I’et why I need to keep withback h to e after Lucky’s closes" Saying the words out loud brings a neave of nausea

"You’ll do great Although that little stage is beneath you"

"You sang on this stage once"

There are soround Dylan covers the phone and then returns "I gotta run I need to do a sound check"

"Okay Good luck with tonight’s show"

The bar is busy, but that doesn’t stopthe ti the minutes tick doith dread, you’d think a bomb was due to explode Actually, with how terrified I feel, waiting for detonation ht be easier

I clear a table and head toward the bar with new drink orders coreets me I jump, the simple sound startles me from my obsessive preoccupation with howsquad My full tray wobbles on lasses s to the wooden floor, where they shatter into a million tiny pieces

"Shit!" I drop to lass with ers