Saving Marty by Paul Griffin

Author:Paul Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

26. STAY WITH ME

The stage manager rushed us down the hallway into the stage wings. There was a mess of applause and lights and the announcer saying our names and, “I’m sorry, that’s Miss Paloma Lee,” and then it was just the two of us onstage.

Pal said, “We dedicate this song to Marty Ventura,” and my strumming hand started moving. My dad’s guitar sounded beautiful up there, warm and strong. Pal sang:

Tripped into lightness

So true like I’m comin’ home

Love is a dancer

Love like I’ve never known

Stay

Stay with me

Just when I found you

It’s time that I’m gettin’ on

Wish I could linger

Movin’ on feels so wrong

Stay

Stay with me

I want you to know

You’ll stay with me

I played the instrumental bridge, and Miss Paloma Lee started riffing, humming along, just letting the song pull on her. Watching her, I was flying off the top of a wave, riding the light. Pal cut back in with the final verse:

Walk on without me

Walk strong out from the shade

Know deep in my heart

My love will never fade

You’ll stay

Stay with me

Nobody clapped. A few people coughed. Pal shrugged and smiled. She was in the middle of saying to me, “Sorry, Renz, I guess I messed up,” when the air shook.

It stung like rain hitting you in the eyes when the wind changes too fast for you to duck behind your turned-out hand. The clapping, cheering, whistling, screaming was like the crowd was determined to knock down the building, and everybody was calling out “Paloma Lee! Paloma Leeeee!”

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