Ashes to Ashes by Rebecca Norinne

Author:Rebecca Norinne [Norinne, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Rae

For the next several days my life centered on two things only: sex and music. And for as good as it was, there were moments when it was hard to ignore the parallels to my old life—how back then sex and music had been the only things I’d cared about too. But it felt different this time, with Ash by my side.

And yet, for all the time we spent exploring each other’s bodies, we hadn’t taken the time to discuss our deepening bond. Aside from the fact that I knew Ash would do everything in his power to keep me safe, I didn’t know how he felt about me. He was such a closed book most of the time, that I could only make assumptions. But after he’d leave my bed, or I’d leave his, I’d lay there wondering if he wanted more? Or when we’d go our separate ways during the day, I’d stare out the window watching him walk the property and torture myself asking if he was thinking about me too. At times, it felt like I was living with a stranger and not my lover.

My lover. Did people still say that? And if not, what did you call the person you were having sex with on the regular, sharing a home with, but didn’t really know? Was there a precedent for this I could reference? Who had the manual? I supposed it was time for a frank and honest discussion. In the meantime, I’d go back to thinking of him as simply my bodyguard. One I just happened to be fucking. I just wanted some clarity, was all. I wasn’t bitter. I understood he had a job to do, and I didn’t begrudge him that … especially since I had a job of my own to do as well.

And speaking of my job, I’d spent the last twenty-four hours holed up in Ash’s studio futzing around with the final sixteen songs I’d selected for my album. I’d never intended to perform any of them—much less acoustically—so there were a number of kinks to work out with my melodies and harmonies, especially since there wouldn’t actually be any harmonies without background singers to support me. I’d once heard that Kelly Clarkson did her own backing vocals on her first album, and I wondered how that would work. I made a note for Rocky to reach out to her people to see if we could set up a time to talk through the particulars. I’d met Kelly in passing a few times and she was the sweetest, most down to earth performer I’d ever come across. She really was as nice in person as she appeared on TV, something all too rare in our business.

In the meantime, I put my head down and went back to tinkering. With just my voice and my trusty guitar to give life to my words, each song needed to stand on its own. Like Kelly, I’d gotten my start by winning

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