Eruption by Sandra Alex

Author:Sandra Alex [Sandra Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Appleyard Enterprises
Published: 2023-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

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I swear to God I could hear her gasping for breath from where I was standing at the front of the stage. I couldn’t let her suffer any longer. We’d talked it over before the show, and it was decided that we would do a memorial for Ted. What’s nice about having two other bands playing with us is that we can swap band members out if needed, except for the lead singer, of course. And sometimes we swap members out for fun, too, to mix things up a bit. I gave the signal to Blaze, and he came out, so I could go to Claudia, and thank God I did.

The poor kid is a mess. I grab her, holding her close, pulling her to me, almost grasping her body with my fingers. I can’t imagine the pain that she must be feeling. Can’t imagine it for a second. Like I said before, I have no real experience with loss, but the thought of losing someone I love is just so painful, I’m thankful it’s never really become a reality for me. Chest heaving, body trembling, I’m glad that she finally let herself cry. And as she weeps in my arms, something occurs to me. She can’t really hate me if she trusts me enough to do this.

I caress her back, snuggling into her neck, as her high-pitched gasps connect with my ear, and go all the way to my heart. Claudia is hurting. Hurting real bad. And something else occurs to me. I think that the reason why she’s so hateful towards people is because of a defense mechanism. She’s been hurt. I may never know how or why, but there’s got to be a reason why a person behaves that way. And I wonder if the memorial for her brother was too much. I wonder if this little vent of emotion is just a precursor to what’s about to come. Is there going to be a backlash? Is she going to tell me that that was disrespectful? Or that I should have given her a heads up?

Suddenly I’m nervous, but I let myself be there for her, I let myself worry about right now, not about what’s going to happen five minutes from now. I find myself oblivious to the fact that the song is ending, but I know that we’re going into solos next, so I have some time. Claudia pulls back a little, pushing her hair off her face, sniffling. “Are you okay?” I ask her.

She doesn’t answer, but a fresh swathe of tears comes, and I pull her close to me again. She’s a complete mess. And for some strange reason, I feel sort of honored. It’s silly, but for such a bristly woman, it’s nice that she’s choosing me as the person to come down a peg with. Ted would be proud. I’m sure that they had a special relationship, and she’s missing him terribly, and finally, her guard is coming down, and it’s probably something that she only did when Ted was around.

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