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Emma
1 Month Later
Emma swiped her brow. Sweat trickled down her back under the hot stage lights casting her in red hues. Dark, pulsing music throbbed and vibrated from the speakers. She checked over her shoulder as the beat grew faster, nodding to Ravi picking the strings on his hot pink electric guitar. The beat dropped. Cymbals crashed as Leo thudded the drums to the chorus. A haunting melody flowed from the keys as Asher nodded his head to the beat on her right.
Stepping closer to the crowd, Emma gripped the microphone tighter, her black nails shining in the harsh bloodred lights. Her lips parted as she swayed seductively in her black romper, the front unbuttoned into a deep V, showing off almost half of the globes of her breasts. Thankfully the tape was holding up, even though she was covered in sweat, and she wasn’t flashing a crowd of tens of thousands of people. Under the short romper, her ripped fishnet stockings ran down her long legs and disappeared into her black Doc Martens with decorative red roses on the side. This was her brand: feminine and tough. Edgy and sexy. This was who she was to the world.
She inhaled a breath, filling her lungs with air. The music stopped only for the first line, her voice light and melodic.
“I gave you everything. And you took it all.”
Electric notes and haunting chords intertwined as the bass thrummed.
“You played me for a fool. Should’a stayed behind the wall.”
Drums crashed and built as Nicky and Asher sang backup, adding a deep contrast to her voice.
“But you’re in my blood. Poisoning me from the inside out.
I’m your dirty little secret, ’cause you don’t want to lose clout.
Depraved.”
Emma inhaled sharply and screamed out the next word.
“Want!”
Her voice switched back to the raw, dark melody. She sang with attitude and all her heart, utilizing the one outlet that didn’t leave scars.
“Obsessed savant.
Taboo lust and broken trust.
Giving in to the decadent darkness.
Thrumming in my veins like a violent sickness.
Maybe that’s what this is.
Twisted fate.
Cursed love.
Call it what you want, but I’m helpless to this.
Unrequited motherfucker gonna kill me slowly.
Rip me open. Bleed me out.
Should have listened to the voice screaming in doubt.
Thought I couldn’t hurt worse than this.
I gave you the gun. Should have known you wouldn’t miss.
When I close my eyes, it’s you I see.
