One More Summer by Burke Dez

Author:Burke, Dez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Levi

“If I died right now, my life would be complete,” I say to Annie. “This is about as close to heaven as life here on earth can possibly be.”

I’m lying on my back, with Annie’s naked body sprawled across my chest. Her long blonde hair drifts down my sides.

The warm, bright sunlight is blinding. I shut my eyes against it, enjoying the heat on my face.

On top of me, Annie lets out a satisfied sigh. “I love it here.”

“Me, too.”

“Is it better than your fancy mansion back in Nashville?” She lifts her upper body up on one elbow and gazes down at me with a teasing grin.

“Big houses, manicured lawns, and housekeepers aren’t all they’re made out to be. I’d rather be here under the Georgia sky any day.”

“You sound a little disheartened with the music business.”

“It’s not exactly how I pictured it to be,” I confess. “It’s more stressful than you might imagine. And lonelier too. Everything isn’t unicorns and rainbows on the road.”

“Don’t you have your band to hang around with after the shows?”

“Sure, and they’re a great group of guys. The only bad thing about band members is that they come and go. I’m the main act, so they’re replaceable. Or so the tour manager believes. He switches out my backup musicians and singers more than I’d like. Every time I get comfortable singing with one of my band members, they fire him and hand me another one to break in.”

“I didn’t realize it worked that way,” she says. “It sounds a tad chaotic.”

“And stressful. For the band members, the concert tours are exciting because they’re new. They want to live it up and party until sunrise every night. With me though, the novelty of the fast life has already worn off. After a show is over and I’ve spent the required time backstage with the fans, I’m ready to climb back on the tour bus and crash with a movie and a six-pack of beer.”

“I’m a little surprised. I always believed the fast life was one of the main reasons you wanted to go to Nashville.”

“No, I was always chasing the music, not the life.” I thread my fingers through her hair, enjoying the feel of the soft tendrils against my stomach. “Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do. Being up on the stage with the band and the sound of the crowd singing my songs back to me makes me feel alive. But there’s more to a musician’s life than people know. It’s mostly long, exhausting days with little time off. I’ve been away from home for months at a stretch. I’m owned by my job.”

“You’re right, it sounds lonely,” she says. “I’m too much of a homebody to live a life on the road. I need family and friends in my life. I love going home after work to my house and my flowers.”

“It is lonely,” I say. “Except for two of my band members, most of the people I’m around would stab me in the back in a heartbeat to get their own five minutes of fame.

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