Rock Star Returns_Carlie's Story by Candy J. Starr

Author:Candy J. Starr [Starr, Candy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: second chance, rock band, Coming of age, alpha male, rockstar, Music, rock star, country boy
Goodreads: 47976885
Publisher: Candy J Starr
Published: 2019-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I'D FALLEN ASLEEP ON the couch after polishing off the rest of the bottle of vodka. It still swung from my hand when I woke up. I wasn't drunk but woozy from sleep and a bit tipsy when the door opened.

"Violet?" I called.

She could get me more vodka. Vodka was good. Vodka made all the worries go away. I rarely drank much nowadays. Working in the bar, it was too easy for it to get out of hand. A few beers were okay but more than that and it became a problem. I'd had enough when I was younger. Waking up with black spots and blurred memories was now firmly in my past. But I'd forgotten the good bit about drinking. Floating on that happy cloud to a deep sleep. I couldn't even remember the last time I'd had an unbroken sleep but I'd put money on it being before Holden came to town.

When I looked up though, I wondered if I was still stuck in a dream. One of those crazy, mixed-up dreams I'd been having.

"Holden? Where's Violet?"

It was definitely him but why was he in her office?

"I've got some expensive gear I need to pick up tomorrow and was worried about leaving it in the band room so Violet said to put it in her office. I didn't realize you were here."

He might not have realized but he didn’t seem to be in any hurry to leave either. He stood in the middle of the room, staring at me. I sat up, placing the vodka bottle on the floor.

"Carlie, we need to talk."

"We don't need to talk, Holden. We need to not be alone together. Leave your stuff and go."

He leaned back against the desk. Fuck this. This was exactly the situation I wanted to avoid. My stomach flipped around. In this confined space, he was so close to me. There was no way to get out without pressing past him and nowhere to escape from his eyes.

"You don't understand. I'm not the person I used to be. I've changed. I might've been a shit in the past. We were so young, too young, and we both had so many issues to work through. But I think we're worth another shot. If I picture my future, you're the only woman I see me with."

I stood up. I couldn't handle this. My brain was too fuzzy from the booze.

"Well, I don't picture you in my future at all. Ever. I'd forgotten you ever existed before you came back to town."

He locked me in his gaze, reaching out and moving his fingers along my collarbone, tracing the tattoo I had there.

"You forgot I existed? When you see this every time you look in the mirror?" His other hand went to the same words tattooed across his chest. The words to that song he'd sung. When he'd first been signed to his label, to celebrate we'd gotten the tattoos. That had been the happiest day of my life. We were on the edge of achieving all of our dreams.

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