Dead Twin Sister by Jack Wallen

Author:Jack Wallen [Wallen, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Autumnal Press
Published: 2017-12-12T07:00:00+00:00

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The studio was abuzz—not from the sound of amps prepped for the onslaught, but voices … and plenty of them. From the tenor and tone, we were about to walk into a heated argument.

In the hall outside the control room, Tony was facing down a group of young women and a car salesman of a gent with way too much gold around his neck.

I tossed caution into the shitstorm. “What’s going on?”

Tony spotted me and, to my surprise, his face lit up. “Thank God it’s you. Grog, I’d like to introduce you to D’Queen. Ladies, this is the woman whose time slot you are disputing.” Tony made to back down from the confrontation. “I’ll let you all handle this.”

Before Tony could make his exit, I pinched his left earlobe between my fingers and stopped him in his tracks. “I think you can stay around for our little discussion.” Out of pity, I released the engineer and turned my attention on the teenagers before me. “Care to tell me what’s going on?”

The escapee from the seventies opted to voice his take on the situation. “It seems our friend Tony double booked us.”

Tony did his best to interrupt. “I already told you—”

Disco Dan silenced Tony with a threateningly raised hand. “You told us nothing.”

I stretched out my Mexican olive branch to Tony. “Why don’t we let the man talk.”

“Did you hear what I just said?” Disco Dan prepped for mansplaining.

I faced the one who had to be the girls’ manager. “Are you the male role model you want your girls there to see? Or do you get off bullying others? Let the man in charge of the studio speak his piece. If you don’t like what he has to say, then you and I will toss down the gauntlets. M’kay?”

My sass had the effect of silencing the pinky-ringed man.

Tony gave a quick peek into the carry-out bag, offered me up a mouthed thank you, and proceed to finally explain himself. “As I was trying to say, Franko…”

Why did that name not surprise me?

“I can show you my calendar. Your girls are slated for three o’clock. It’s currently one o’clock. There is nothing in the contract specifying they needed any time other than what was allotted. Besides, Die So Fluid has the studio for another two hours. Their time is paid in full. As for D’Queen, you have only offered up a deposit. The Red Rocker once said, Suckers walk.”

“In other words,” Franko started before I opted to cut him off.

“In other words, your girls are welcome to watch and learn how to rock.”

D’Queen shocked me with a bit of elation at the idea of watching me do my thing. I could only assume, with the name D’Queen, the girls were either pop or R&B, so why would they have any interest in watching the front woman for a rock band lay down a track or two?

One of the girls caught the curious vibe emanating from me and smiled. “Have you ever heard

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