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The hairs on the back of my neck stand up, like I’m being watched. I spin in a circle, looking at the exits, but don’t see anyone. It's been a while since anyone has come looking for me because of my uncle, but this feeling reminds me of those times. Like being hunted. When it first happened, I thought it was just because Ezra was gone and I felt vulnerable. Then people started meeting me by my car or watching me from across the street, threatening me and constantly reminding me that they needed their money. My spine prickles with the memory, and I reach for my phone.
Me
You’re outside the doors, right?
Kyle
Affirmative.
Me
And someone did a sweep today of the practice stage?
The dots dance and stop and dance again before he answers.
Kyle
I checked with Pierce and he confirmed. Is everything okay?
I breathe out a sigh and glance around. The feeling I had is gone now and I wonder if my mind is just too preoccupied.
Me
I’m fine.
I set the iPad down on the piano and sit on the stage. I let the silence settle around me, closing my eyes and focusing on the air in my lungs. I run through my routine in my head twice before I feel calm. My phone vibrates with a new text.
Kyle
Are you sure?
Me
Yes, I promise.
Kyle
Ok. Cause I don’t feel like dying today.
I find myself chuckling at his message and my heart squeezes. In very roundabout ways, Kyle has proven that he filters information to Ezra. I don’t doubt his loyalty to me, but I do think he keeps my ex-handler involved in many aspects of my life. I just don’t get why now? Why does Ezra care so much all of the sudden? Maybe his new business venture is up and running and he wants a good relationship with Rosen Records, I don’t know.You could just talk to him. The pesky voice in my brain keeps reminding me. I know I could and maybe everything would get answered, but I’m scared of what he will say.
I pull up my own playlist of music to get lost in and lie back on the stage. My mind relaxes when my favorite Sia song comes on. The minute it hits the chorus, my eyes snap open and it hits me.Chandelier.I need a huge chandelier and candles for the stage. My cheeks hurt from smiling so big, while I send an email to Mia and Jade with my idea and request. Then I Pinterest some ideas of what I’m looking for. My heart races with excitement. It will be prefect. Haunting, charming, and a hint of romance with ethereal charm.Take that, Ezra.I figured it out myself.
Chapter Sixteen
Ezra
The Bedroom Tour is still facing backlash…
More headlines. No matter how much I try to work with the press, they still keep this story alive. Throwing my phone down, I run my hands through my hair. The only good thing about this story is that my client’s image is skyrocketing, which is what I need for business, but Ocean is struggling. I could personally careless about what happens between Mia Rosen and Zander Knight, except for the fact that the media has latched on and the story is being used to try and bury her new business. I have a lot of respect for Onyx Kiddrick, The Kid, speaking out on this as well as urging the press to move past it. Their music, their tour is completely separate from a romantic scandal.
“Caleb!” I shout, and a second later, my office door opens. He walks in, steady and ready to take action.
“Sir.”
“Up Mason’s press conference to this week. Leak the questions about artists he would consider collaborating with. We’re going to start pushing for a collaboration with Ms. Heart.” I look up from my computer to him. His brows rise a fraction, but he continues typing on his phone.
“Let his security know he’ll be moving more this week and they need to update locations.”
