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I gave him a hum and nodded, watching as he gave me a smile and walked back to the stage.
What thehellJamie!?
Chapter Seven
-Elliot-
Iwasn’t expecting to see Jamie, so the second our eyes met I began counting down the minutes until the last songs were over. She may have ghosted me, but hell . . . she was sitting right there at the bar, and she was still just as gorgeous as I remember. I could still taste her lips on mine. And I mean, I couldn't not go talk to her, especially not when I saw that guy approach her. Her body language was screaming for him to leave her alone, and he was clearly not taking the hint, so I knew I had to step in.
What I didn’t expect was for her to tell him she was my girlfriend.
I kissed her on her forehead—all for show of course—my lips tingling from the skin contact, before turning back to the guys. We were told to act as if we didn’t know there was a scout in theaudience, but I had made eye contact with him a few times during the performance. He knew, I knew, what he was there for.
I met up with Bennett, who was buzzing with adrenaline as he unplugged from the amps.
“We can go talk to him right, or should he come to us?” he asked, his voice shaking.
“Let him come to us, we were awesome, I’m sure he liked what he heard.”
“Good call going with new songs.” Jameson jumped off the small stage and stuck his hands in his pockets. “Album material.”
“Elliot, Bennett, Jameson, Chase—” Craig came up to my left, in between Bennett and I, while another man approached and stood next to him.The agent.“This is Liam.” He held out his palm towards Liam, the agent, who gave us a slight nod and held out his hand.
I took it first, shaking it with power, just like my dad taught me. “Great to meet you Liam, did you enjoy the show?” I asked.
Liam shook the guy’s hands, giving each a small nod before turning back to me. “I really did, actually. I’d love to meet up with you guys again, talk about the possibilities of what I can do for your band.”
I furrowed my brow, reminding myself that I wasn’t supposed to know who he was. I tightened my lips to a thin smile.
“Oh, right, I’m an agent with Pacific Sound Records and I’ve seen you guys on YouTube, so I had to get out here to see you for myself. I love your sound, it’s just what we are looking for,” Liam added, laughing at himself for forgetting his pitch first thing.
“I would be lying if I had said I didn’t know why you were here.” I laughed, looking behind him to Jamie at the bar. She was sitting as stiff as a board, her back still to Rick, who had thankfully moved on to someone else. “I’m glad you liked it.” I turned my attention back to him and smiled.
“It was all new material,” Bennett blurted out.
“That’s perfect.” Liam reached in his coat pocket to take out a business card, handing it to Bennett before taking my hand in hisonce more. “I’m leaving town tomorrow, but like I said, we’re very interested in you.”
Bennett looked at his card and then to me, giving me the biggest grin imaginable. It was as if he transformed into a five year old.
“We’ll be in touch,” Liam said, giving Bennett a nod.
Liam gave Jameson and Chase another nod and handshake before Craig led him back to the bar, who turned to give us a huge thumbs up before disappearing with Liam in tow. Once they were out of eye and ear shot, Bennett slapped me hard on the back while the guys turned back to the stage, grabbing their guitars and wires.
I, on the other hand, went straight back to Jamie. She watched as I came close, her eyes drifting to my forearms as I rolled up my sleeves.
“Your beer,” she said smugly once I approached, sliding the mug towards me. “Great set.”
“So, tell me this story.” I wasted no time, grabbing the handle of the mug to raise the beer to my lips. It wasn’t my first go-to drink after a gig, but it would do. “Who’s Rick?”
“You don’t want to talk about talking to an agent just now?” Jamie nodded her chin towards the stage where Bennett and Chase were still acting like school boys.
“We can talk about that in a minute . . . I want to know who Rick is?”
Jamie rolled her eyes and twisted her body back towards the bar. “Obviously, some guy I met on Tinder.”
“Obviously, but there is so much more to the story.”
“Honestly, you don't need to know.”
