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“Or, you could hear me out about something entirely different.” Adam stepped in front of me.
I looked past him, still watching Alys. “Like what?”
Onyx grabbed my shoulders and turned me ninety degrees.
Right. I was being weird. Not even in a fun way.
“I posted that video you gave me,” Adam said.
That video? The one with the incredible footage of Alys and me… But I’d cut that part out of what Adam got. “Cool.”
“It got so. Many. Hits. Like, a thousand views.”
I knew that was nothing, but for Adam it was big. “Way cool.” I should be more involved in this conversation.
“Exactly,” Adam said. “You’re filming tonight, aren’t you?”
My brain caught up to everything he’d said. People watched us. People might want us to be ourselves. That was pretty wicked, to be honest. “Yeah. We really should.” I was more enthusiastic now.
“Exactly.” Adam sounded excited.
Onyx looked between us. “I’m a little worried you two might be starting to share a brain.”
I snorted. “More like jealous.”
“Who’s jealous?” Alys rejoined us.
“Maddox.” Adam sold me out, and like that, his idea was no longer brilliant. “Of how much Xander wanted to eat you up.”
“Not even close. It was all business stuff,” Alys said.
Good. Rather, of course it was. And I was getting my camera so we could film tonight. “I’ll be back.” I headed out to my truck to grab my gear, and was back a moment later, setting up the tripod.
There were so many people here. Aubrey and Evie of course. And if Evie was anywhere, there was a good chance Gage was, though he was here to cheer us on, too. His business partner, Knox, sat with them. Cash, who owned the garage. Rohde, Camden, and Neil. Brooke, Eli, Lyndsay, and Kandace.
And a dozen more.
Deacon and Aubrey were even acting friendly tonight.
I may not like sharing my name with this town, but the people were fucking awesome.
Half the people. There was a divide in Haddarville between those who belonged to the local religion and those of us who didn’t. Over the last couple of years, the not crowd had grown and gotten more vocal.
I didn’t care who anyone worshiped, as long as they had the same respect for my beliefs, or lack thereof.
I stood behind my camera, watching what it was recording and making sure it was set to just go for the next little bit.
“You seeing what I’m seeing?” Adam asked.
I looked through the viewfinder at the biggest group in the middle of the room. The three tables shoved together. The group of friends gathered around, with Onyx in the middle. “I hope not, because that would mean some serious Last Supper vibes.”
“Exactly.”
I shook my head. “First of all, Onyx isn’t anyone’s savior—not a cool analogy—and second, no one’s going anywhere.”
“Yeah, no. I didn’t mean that. Just the visual is all.”
“Maddox, come on,” Onyx shouted. “It’s starting soon.”
