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“I wanted to be a drummer, like dad, but…” Eleanor shrugs.
“Yeah, I get it.” I wink at her. “Guitar iswaymore fun, isn't it?”
She beams at me. “Totally.”
Alice slides off her stool, walking past me to pull Eleanor into a hug and kiss the top of her head.
“Hon, can I talk to Jackson alone for a second?”
“Sure, I actually need to finish up for my lessons tomorrow.”
Her gaze shifts to me.
“I’m glad you’re not dead.”
“Me too.”
She disappears up the stairs again. A few seconds later, my jaw drops as I hear her launch into the intro of a Joe Satriani song that someone three times her age should have trouble playing. I turn to shake my head at Alice.
“Holyfuck, she's incredible.”
Her mom grins with pride. But then, her face falls a little.
“Have you seen her?”
“Who?”
She gives me a look.
“Melody, Jackson.”
I take a long sip of my tea as I shake my head.
“No.”
“Have you figured it out yet?”
“Christ, Alice, I'm not her fucking father. I mean, I've had some interesting times, but I never once touched Judy—”
“I know, Jackson—”
“I mean for fuck’s sake, Ally, I had a vasectomy over twenty fucking years ago!”
“Jackson,” she sighs. “I know you're not her father.”
She frowns curiously.
“Fuck, you didn't connect it yet, did you?”
“Riddles are a bit lost on me these days. She's not mine.”
“Well, Jackson, of course she's not.”
She stares at me in a way that begins to unnerve me.
“Alice,what?”
“Oh, my God, you don’t…” She shakes her head. “You don't see it?”
