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There were a ton of chairs that were obviously part of the coffee shop's furniture set that were lined up in front of the stage In addition, after a fes, they had used a bunch of nized them as the ones that James kept in his apartment in his own little studio

Immediately, I heard James' voice It was the sa business over the phone “It's still not working, Ryan Fucking get this thing fixed, and fast We have two hours until this show starts and if you've got to bring in your little sister's karaoke set to get a working mic, you do it”

I saw hi a mic as he yelled There were a couple other people up on the stage, frantically running wires or adjusting lights He hadn't seen et his attention Soot my attention first

“Hey there!” Anne said, her eyes lighting up as she saw me I remembered those intense eyes froo

“Oh, Anne!” I said, definitely sounding excited “I like what you've done with your hair” Teeks ago, when I had last seen her, her short hair had been jet black with a streak of red through it Now, her hair was still that jet black, but instead of the red streak, the tips of her hair were dyed a shireen It was beautiful

“Oh, thanks!” she said, pulling a strand of hair from in front of her face behind her ear

She looked a little nervous, and I suddenly re our conversation from the other day, she had implied that she was a lesbian I was definitely flattered that she found irl, and I didn't think that I would start now that I ith James

“Sorry I ht,” I said

She suys with Coleman Corp have to fly back and forth between here and California a lot I looked for you, but was kind of glad that you didn't see it It wasn't my best performance”

I s very relaxed around her “I'm sure it was fine, but I would love to see one of your concerts so a new flyer from the stand next to the counter If Ja more of each other, I'd find myself out here more and more, especially when school was out

She saze lifted up to someone behind me “Mr Coleman,” she said

I turned around and saw Jaaze swept over reen eyes dilate He was close enough that he could just lean down and giveto

He looked like he was considering it, then shook his head and broke eye contact “I see you've met Ms Dean, my loveliest employee”

Anne rolled her eyes “Look at all this sexual harassment I have to deal with, Allie It's a wonder Mr Colearettes for him”

Jairls down at the office are okay with it, though I have different deuess the difference is that I actually like you, Ms Dean”