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Lunch is delivered when I return to the living area feeling clean on the outside The inside is a whole different story

"Ticket sales are up," Brett says The threeroom table, a platter of sandwiches in the center "We sold out the rest of the next four shows Beckha in the younger crowd…the eighteen-to-twenty-two de on music"

"He’s a showboat Linc runs circles around his cocky ass Teenage girls don’t know music from shit," Dylan spits back

"They buy tickets"

"Until the next cookie cutter couys over the last ten years"

"I don’t know Beckhaot talent He’sa sandwich into his mouth "What do you think, Lucky? You know his chops better than anyone Is pretty boy a phase or does he have staying power?"

The right ansould be to say no Dylan’s insecurity about becoe of thirty-five does not need to be fueled by er But the need to defend Flynn wins out "He’s vocally gifted He can run from E2 to E6 and his falsetto hasintohi net He’s good for the tour Enjoy it He’s bringing us new fans, not taking thee from his head voice to his falsetto is choppy Linc’s is sreeable; he’s challenging my assessment of Flynn’s vocal ability I don’t take the bait--no use in arguing over the better vocalist We’re both influenced by the artist--for entirely different reasons

"Whatever, e pains in the asses like you But I can count pretty daood and there’s more to count with Beckham on the tour, so I’h Dylan is on the quiet side We watch avenues for the rest of his tour He frohen our conversation falls to an aard silence, and not for the first ti okay, Lucky?"

"Ummm Yes Why?"

"I don’t know You just seem…off, lately Like there’s somewhere else you’d rather be"

"I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make you feel like that"

He pushes a lock of hair behind my ear and searches my face "Is there?"

I furrow my brow

"You said you didn’t mean to make me feel like you’d rather be somewhere else You didn’t say there wasn’t somewhere else you would rather be"

I’rab onto "It’s just a big change I haven’t been on a tour bus in a long tiives ing you out on this tour"

"Oh yeah, what is that?"