Nashville Nights by Alicia Hunter Pace

Author:Alicia Hunter Pace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crimson Romance
Published: 2017-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Blake had to figure out how to get Katie back. If his conversation with Luke didn’t convince him, the excruciating emptiness in his heart did. The sickening weight of his loss stayed with him. It had landed in his stomach when he left her hospital room and it hadn’t gone away. If anything it had grown worse. Every day that he spent away from Katie brought fresh pain, new reminders of what he was missing. He thought time would heal him, that having her out of sight would make losing her easier. He had to get her back, had to make it work somehow; if it didn’t go well, he might be out of chances. He had to get it right the first time.

Chet Wilson’s mother was critically ill, and Blake knew that Chet wanted to go to her but leaving the tour early would likely jeopardize his contract. Before Katie came into his life, Blake would have worked with Chet to find a temporary replacement while he tended to family matters. Chet would be allowed to return, confident that his job would be there waiting for him when his family situation was resolved. Blake was sorely tempted to let Chet go home and replace him with Katie. It could blow back on him though, perhaps in the press, almost definitely within the band. Everyone who played for him was hired for the job; they weren’t a band in the traditional sense, but there was a family atmosphere that would certainly be disrupted if Blake let one of them go.

Blake had built a reputation in the music industry of treating the musicians who worked for him fairly, for creating an atmosphere of equality, of togetherness. So far nobody had challenged that or taken advantage of his inclusive nature. Replacing a long-time employee to suit his romantic desires could damage his reputation, but wasn’t it his right? Hadn’t he spent his entire career working to get to the place where he could pick and choose who played with him? Critical decisions require expert consultation. He picked up his phone and called Caroline.

“Hey, Caro, can you meet me in my dressing room?”

“Of course. I’m on my way. Give me two minutes.”

Blake paced the length of his dressing room and ran his fingers through his hair. He gave himself a long, hard look in the mirror and pointed a finger at his reflection. “Don’t mess this up,” he said out loud to himself. He heard the clacking of Caroline’s footsteps grow louder as she approached his room. She gave a perfunctory knock and poked her head inside the doorway.

“I’m here,” she announced.

“Come on in and have a seat.” He grabbed a couple bottles of water and joined Caroline at his table.

Caroline took off her blazer and draped it over the back of her chair before sitting down and opening the bottled water Blake offered her. She gave Blake an appraising look and he was sure that she was taking in the dark circles under his eyes and his newly gaunt appearance.

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