Rocked in Pieces by Bayard Clara

Author:Bayard, Clara [Bayard, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rising Books
Published: 2014-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

The next day was the big day. The first real test if the two of us could actually pull off what needed to look like a huge team effort. Steven headed over to the venue early to caucus with the rest of the audio/visual nerds and I was left to prepare for a very long night.

I texted Becca about timing and met for coffee with a horrifically chipper publicist from the band’s label, Christine. Fortunately, she mistook my desperate desire to get away from her as quickly as possible for efficiency, we got through the business we needed to discuss and parted ways.

After packing up everything I’d need for the show, I grabbed a cab and headed over to the site of the real madness.

Even early in the afternoon, the arena was packed. Security, screaming fans and swarming press had created traffic problems and an impressive amount of noise. It took fifteen minutes from the first pass through security to get close enough to a door for the driver to let me out.

Waving the pass around my neck at pretty much everyone I saw, just to be able to keep moving, I made my way into the backstage area. I’d texted Steven and told him where to meet me.

By the time I found my way to the green room, my brother was already there and ready to shoot.

“Nice of you to join us, slowpoke,” he said grinning as he fiddled with a light.

“Yeah, yeah. This place is insane. Can’t imagine how bad it’s going to be in a few hours.”

“No kidding. You missed all the excitement this morning. Three paps and a dozen groupies already got booted and arrested. Some of them snuck in yesterday and slept here. The others managed to get in with the crew this morning.”

“Wow. You didn’t get any tape of that, did you?”

“I wish.” He set his camera on the tripod and looked at the setup. Apparently deeming it acceptable, he wiped his hands on his jeans and crossed his arms. “You ready?”

I patted my list of questions. “As I’ll ever be.”

“Okay, I’m set here, let’s get to it.”

Nodding, I texted that we were ready, and within minutes Becca appeared with Joe.

“Hi Ellie,” she said. “Steven.”

“Hey Becca. Where are the others?”

She shook her head at me. “Can you make do with just Joe for now? The other guys are running a bit late.”

I opened my mouth to complain, but then saw the stress on her face and decided to play nice. “Sure.” I turned my attention to Joe. “Have a seat, I won’t keep you long, I know you’ve got sound check soon.”

He shrugged and sank down onto the sofa. “No problem. I’ve got nothing else to do right now.”

“All right.” Becca left the room, raising her phone to her ear, as I gestured for Steven to start filming and sat down across from Joe. “Tonight’s the night. The big Bright Dark Dreams re-launch is here. Joe Hawk, tell me how it feels to finally get your tour underway again.

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