I'm Still Standing_A feel good, laugh out loud romantic comedy by Colleen Coleman

Author:Colleen Coleman [Coleman, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786812513
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2017-09-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

‘Me,’ I say aloud.

‘Pardon?’ Both men shoot me a look.

‘I’ll take on the lease. I’ll take on Rosie Munroe’s.’

Colm sighs a sympathetic smile and clasps his hands together. ‘That’s awful nice of you, Evelyn, but I don’t want you saddled with a redundant business. This isn’t like teaching. This is hard graft twenty-four seven. At its best it’s full of drunkards and at its worst it’s dead, quiet as a mausoleum, and that’s when the hours are long and lonely and the overheads suffocate you. I appreciate your offer, but I couldn’t do that to you. I couldn’t let you do it to yourself.’

I take a deep breath. My entire body is battling itself. The left side of my brain is telling me this is not a sound investment. The right side wants more – to tear down the cobwebs and throw open the doors and fill the place with light and music and laughter… And what about those extra rooms? A dance hall? A roof garden? My stomach has folded in on itself at the enormity of the decision and the prospect of failure, but my heart is bursting with the possibility – no, the certainty that it won’t be anything less than a roaring success.

I look around the bar at the clusters of tables, at the time-worn stone walls and the great big turf fireplace, the old high stools and the polished hardwood floor that has been walked across by the good and the great for the last half-century. The real-life theatre of human life in all its rawness: sadness and celebration, passions and friendships, songs and music.

I have an idea. I raise my finger to them. ‘Don’t do anything until I get back.’ Then I rush out through the double doors into the street.

I don’t even wait for Danny to finish his song. I run to his side and curl my hand around his ear, explaining my chance – our chance. Then I step back and watch his face as he processes what I just told him.

‘And you think I could help?’ he asks, a half-smile playing on his lips.

‘Yes,’ I nod. ‘You know the area, you know the city. You know about musicians and where to find them and how to book them and what they need to set up. And I think that’s really what Rosie’s USP is all about.’

‘USP?’

‘Unique selling point. Rosie’s was a famous music venue; if we can bring that back to life, then we’re on our way.’

Danny stands, squinting up at the old building. ‘Have you ever done anything like this before?’

I shake my head. ‘That’s why I figure I should do it now.’

‘You are a bit crazy, you know. Or are you all like this down the country?’

‘Not as crazy as you are, standing out here on the street day after day with that amazing voice of yours. We could do it; between us we have everything we need.’

‘Us?’ He rubs his face with his hands.

‘You and me, together as a team.

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