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Dylan was supposed to take me back to the hotel after the sound check this afternoon Instead, equipment problems and an issue with the acoustics in the arena kept us here straight through to tonight’s show Apparently, the aone some construction that was supposed to be completed, but defective materials caused a delay The contractor tried to put a Band-Aid on a bullet wound, te ood, but it isn’t absorbing the sound correctly, instead sending unbalanced reverberations scattering all over the rooe backstage "I’ll make it up to you later"

"It’s fine Jack kept me coht be slightly ie to his voice

I squint at hiht also help me focus in my intoxicated state "Do I detect a hint of jealousy froht?"

"You know I don’t share, Lucky"

"Relax Jack isn’t a man, silly But if he was, you’d certainly have some competition He makes me feel warm all over"

"How er and thuen"

"A sotten a bit ht be jealous of a bottle of Jack"

I giggle, even though I tend to not be the giggly type It’s the alcoholseem funnier than it is

Dylan pushes my hair behind ht The label has so But we don’t have to stay long Then I’m all yours for twenty-four hours"

"Not quite twenty-four My flight is at four tomorrow" Since I just started a new job, it’s a very short visit I can’t miss work on Monday

"We’ll see about that," Dylan says cryptically as he leans in, his ued on the phone abouton Sunday afternoon He wanted ht, butand have no desire to ruin it by rekindling the fight we already had, so I save it for toact froained popularity since the beginning of this tour They’re huge in Europe already, and the US radio stations are starting to give the to leave when the Wylde Ryde tour begins six months of additional show dates At least this time when Flynn pops intoover for Resin in less than two ht…as if he could seeforward to those show dates

Dylan Ryder puts on a pretty a show Nore, a little piece of irl who idolized hi at his poster But tonight I only last two songs The e, so I don’t

I fix myself another Jack and Coke and take a seat on the couch in the band’s lounge All the band e Dylan, of course, has his own

A handful of groupies uys to finish It makes me wonder whose job it is to pick the wouard wander through the audience with a list of require reflex, honey? Check

I s the thought along with half the contents of ain wanders to Flynn The alcohol clouds ment and I shoot off a text before I can think better of it

How did Laney like her gift? At least my text doesn’t come out slurred

He responds within a minute She loved it My sister…not so irls happy

Now that’s a shairl I cansince his first response Long distance smile promises You must be pretty confident, Mr Beckhae smile hasn’t left rowing anxious he s But it’s not a text, it’s a video I press play The ca a h-heel shoes and a skirtfrom around her neck all the way down to her tummy