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“These musicians are talented,” he said, nodding to the teens.
Donna and Damien chatted with DeeDee, May, and Kai, while Mitzi made a beeline his way.
“That was some pep talk.” She waved him down and lowered her voice. “Those kids could share what you’ve divulged with the press.”
“They could.”
“You’re okay with that?”
“Yeah, I’m more than okay,” he answered.
Donna yipped an excited yeehaw. “My, oh, my! Giddy up and go!” the glittery woman crooned, patting the teens on their cheeks. “I see rock stars in this room, Damien.”
“As do I,” her sparkly companion replied. “Do you kids have a LookyLoo page? You should share your music with the world.”
The teens’ wide grins disappeared.
“We shut ours down after Vance Vibe stole one of our songs,” May said as the kids bristled.
Stop the goddamned presses.
“Vance stole your music?” he asked as a door somewhere behind the stage slammed shut.
“He’s done it to lots of smaller artists,” Kai explained. “People are too scared to go after the guy. Lawyers cost money, and we can barely scrape enough cash together to get bus fare to come here.”
“Do you have proof? Video, audio, anything with timestamps?” Mitzi asked.
“Yeah, we’re nineteen. Our whole lives are on our phones,” DeeDee answered as a familiar clickity-click echoed from backstage.
The velvet curtain behind the drum kit parted, and freaking Bang Bang Barbie appeared.
“It’s true! What they’re telling you is true,” she exclaimed. “Sorry to break in like this. I snuck in through the stage door. But you need to know that Vance is a bad, bad man. He wanted to cheat and buy macarons from another bakery when my macarons didn’t come out for the second challenge, and he spends hours online watching smaller, obscure bands. He takes their music and records it as his own. He’s got it on his laptop.”
He knew it! The guy was a fraud. And now, if Barbie was right, there was proof.
“Vance Vibe is a—” he began, but before he could saydouche nozzle, the curtain parted again, and his jaw dropped.
“Vance Vibe is a cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. He stole my aunt Harper’s music, too, and I can prove it.”
