Lena's Fall & Colt's Magic (Black Hills Series) by A.C. Wilson

Author:A.C. Wilson [Wilson, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

The heavy smell of beer, sweat, and stale air met Colt as he walked up on stage. The crowd’s cheer was deafening as he slid the monogrammed guitar strap over his head and shoulder. The instrument felt strange tonight, like an appendage that had been damaged and was now awkward to use. Turning toward Beat on the drum kit in the back, Colt searched the man’s eyes. They were the senior members of the Fleet Street Band; the only two left from the beginning. Beat kept the music moving, but his eyes met Colt’s with an understanding his buddy had not thought to find there. The world had intruded and it was ruining Colt’s music.

The crowd’s noise behind him faded into one unrecognizable sound and Colt pushed it away. He fought to get ahold of this whole production before he had mutiny on his hands and no one wanted that.

One last time. One last time. Colt chanted in his head as he plugged in his guitar, adjusted his ear piece and stepped to the microphone. He couldn’t see the crowd standing in front of the stage, nearly thirty feet away. The flashing lights of gold, green, and blue nearly blinded him and he had to look down at the stage. Beat started the introduction, whipping the fans into a frenzy as Colt’s first number one hit began to play.

First Time Gone had been about him leaving home, leaving a lover behind and doing whatever it took to move up the ladder. Colt started the song. The words were etched into his brain and they rolled off his tongue in a bittersweet echo of times now passed. Of course the song had been about leaving his beautiful Nora for the crazies and strangers of Nashville. Essentially he had traded one dream for another without knowing exactly what he was giving up. Ironic now, wasn’t it? Colt had written this song with Beat after a bar concert turned into drunken brawl. Just two bachelors kicking it in a tiny basement apartment with a deaf old lady upstairs, who didn’t mind music late into the night?

“Fantastic concert tonight!” Rod hooted from behind the stage where security had gathered to walk the band to their tour bus and personal vehicles. Colt shrugged off his manager’s hand and was thankful for Beat pushing him by.

“Shows what the heck you know.” Colt mumbled as he was pressed like a sandwich in between four burly security guards. The extra patrol seemed like a waste of everyone’s time. No one had ever tried to harm the band and Colt was pretty sure those sassy, half-dressed girls were no threat. Although tonight he was just willing to step out of character enough to take one of those girls home.

“Don’t even think about it, old friend.” Beat warned in Colt’s ear. “She will not fix what is going on here.”

Colt turned his head with a partially surprised expression. “She would be who, exactly?” Really he was surprised that Beat had seen through to his brain and deduced the pathway it wanted to take.

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