Kiss King (Forever You Book 2) by Mickey Miller

Author:Mickey Miller [Miller, Mickey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

The party is in this humble apartment a few blocks from the venue.

It’s like a frat party, except with a more diverse array of people. We talk with their Brazilian trumpet and saxophone player, Manzo.

Grant gets involved in a debate with the lead guitarist, Henry, over something or other, and I find myself chatting with this girl with lots of tattoos who reminds me of my friend Alex, well, if she had a more artsy personality. Turns out, the girl’s name is Eliza and she’s a working artist.

“Yeah, you can make money from paintings. But you’ve got to hustle. So where are you working now?”

“I don’t work. I go to school here in Galesburg at Green State University.”

“Oh, man. I’ve heard tuition is crazy there.”

“It is.”

“How much is it, if you don’t mind me asking?”

I tense up, because this always makes me feel like a spoiled rich girl. “It’s almost fifty grand a year.”

Her eyes widen. “Shit! You’re going into all that debt and you want to be an artist?”

My pulse speeds. Did I tell her I wanted to be an artist?

“Well actually, I’m not paying for school, precisely because I don’t want to go into debt.”

“How are you paying for school then?”

“My dad is paying for it,” I say, a little sheepishly.

“Oh. Well, if that’s possible, great. You don’t feel like, beholden to him in any way since he’s paying your tuition?”

I shake my head, but the wheels start turning about my dad’s insistence on studying business. I decide to change the direction of the conversation. “Well, it’s got to be hard to make ends meet if you’re making art and trying to sell pieces, right?” I ask.

Eliza continues. “Yes, it’s hard to make ends meet. But you have to play the long game as you work on your craft and establish your fan base. Small towns work but…the city is where it’s at in my opinion. And there’s so many jobs you can get in the big city, especially Chicago. They’re fun, too, especially if you have even any sort of outgoing personality. Let’s see, I’ve worked as a waitress, tour guide, human painted sculpture, tarot card reader. I was even a swimsuit model for a car show. My current gig bartending is definitely the best though. I finally found this kick-ass job at this unpretentious tequila bar in Logan Square.”

“I’ve never been to Logan Square. We were just up in Chicago for my birthday in January, though.”

“Oh, far out. You coming back any time soon?”

I shrug. “No plans to head to the city, no.”

She smiles. “Well, honey, if you ever need a tour guide or a place to crash, you just let me know. I can tell you’re good people.”

Eliza gives me her number and walks off when she sees her boyfriend come in.

Grant comes over to me with a beer and grins. “You make friends so damn easily.”

“It’s easy. Everyone’s so nice.”

“It helps that you are really fun to talk to, I suppose.”

He swigs his beer and looks out onto the patio where we see the band gathered, talking about something or other.

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