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And so I stay with him the entire weekend.
We shower together, he feeds me, we make love, we talk, we laugh and, occasionally, we sleep.
I wake up with his arm slung around me. We’re in his California king-sized bed and I hear my phone chirp from my bag on the chair.
Ace is asleep, so I crawl out from under the relaxed weight of his arm to go and check my messages, which is way overdue. I pull an oversized t-shirt of Ace’s on, fish my phone out of my bag and tiptoe out into the great room so I don’t wake him, sitting on a forest-green velvet chair by the window, curling my feet under me.
There are a flurry of texts and missed calls from my mom.
Sweet Dusty. It’s too much!! Ten thousand dollars? How are you earning so much money already?
Dusty! The bank manager came yesterday and gave me the fully-paid deed to the house!! I can’t believe you did this honey! Call me!!
Honey I love you so much. Are you sure about this? Are you sure you can afford it? Please call me xx
Call me sweetheart. Your sister is so over the moon. Roxie Tucker??? How did you manage that??
I guess the new job is going well? I hope you’re loving New York. How’s Emma?
I still can’t believe the house is paid off honey. How did you do this?? Call me sweetie xx
And now our taxes are being paid every month for five years??? Dusty Rose, you are the biggest sweetheart in the world. Are you sure you can afford this?
DUSTY CALL ME
I love you honey. Pls call me xx
So I text her back.
Hi mama. All is well. I’ll call you soon. I’ve been swamped with work but everything is really amazing here in NY and I’m loving the new job!
What to say about the paid-off house? I still want to convince Ace it’s way too much and he needs to take it all back, but every time I bring up the subject he shuts it down and tells me it’s already a done deal. So I do my best to act like this is all normal and not some seismic shift in my space-time continuum.
I’m glad you like your surprise. I hope it makes things easier. You’ve always worked so hard and I appreciate you so much. I’ll call you as soon as I get a chance, I promise. I love you mama xx
And then I read the messages from Sky.
WHAT THE HELL DUSTY ROSE ARE YOU SERIOUS ROXIE TUCKER JUST CALLED ME OUT OF THE BLUE AND WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE LOVES MY MUSIC!!!!!!
SHE SAID MY SISTER’S CONTACT WHO HAPPENS TO BE EXTREMELY WELL CONNECTED CONVINCED HER TO LISTEN TO MY SPOTIFY AND SHE LOVED IT AND NOW SHE’S OFFERED TO BE MY FREAKING MANAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!
And this is incredible timing because Billy the asshole broke up with me yesterday and told me he wasn’t going to give me any gigs at the Blue Lounge and I didn’t want to tell you but I’ve kind of been at the end of my rope, Dust
Thank you soooooo soooooo sooooooooooooooooooo much you are the best sister in the history of the freaking world
ROXIE IS SOOOO NICE AND SHE’S SENDING ME A TICKET TO NASHVILLE AND HAS A SPARE ROOM FOR ME TO STAY IN AND SHE’S PUTTING TOGETHER A CONTRACT!!!!!!!
ROXIE’S BROTHER KADE TUCKER (OF THE FREAKING TUCKER BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!) LISTENED TO ONE OF MY SONGS AND SAID HE LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CALL ME YOU CRAZY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HOW DID YOU DO THIS????
I’M LEAVING TOMORROW MORNING TO GO TO NASHVILLE CALL ME
ROXIE WANTS ME TO RECORD AN ALBUM ON THE SAME LABEL AS THE TUCKER BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU DUSTY ROSE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU CALL ME I’M IN NASHVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
