Shattered Image by Stacy Monson

Author:Stacy Monson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: His Image Publications
Published: 2017-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

– 24 –

Peter sat in his dark hotel room and watched snowflakes dance outside his window. He’d been on the road for five weeks, performed twenty-some shows in a bunch of cities, and lost ten pounds. At this rate, he’d be down fifty when the tour ended in May.

Feet propped on the windowsill, he folded his hands behind his head. Tonight’s show had been one of his best so far. Maybe it was the unexpected snow here in…wherever he was. Pittsburgh. The crowd’s energy level had soared from the start, pulling him along.

Standing alone at the mic felt normal now, his band filling the stage behind him. It was fun throwing out jokes and making conversation with several thousand people and talking with them afterwards at the meet ’n greet. He’d even seen a few clips of himself on Entertainment Tonight, surrounded by fans. That had been a rush.

Glancing at his watch, he hit the speed dial number for Kiera. She hadn’t answered earlier. Again, the call went straight to voice mail.

“Hi, Beautiful. You must be having quite the evening. Or maybe your cell phone needs charging. Anyway, I miss you. I wish things weren’t scheduled so tight. I need to get home to see you.

“The show went great tonight. They’re getting a surprise snowfall here so I think that’s why everyone was so jazzed. It was fun. I almost called you from the stage but I’d left my phone in the hotel room. You wouldn’t have thought it was funny, but I would’ve loved it. Hey, speaking of funny, did you get the email I sent you? It came from Jeff. I thought the punch line was hilarious. Well, call me whenever you get in. I’ll be up late watching the DVD. I love you, Kiera.”

He tossed the phone onto the bed, then turned on a light, slid his Bible aside and opened his laptop. There were only a few nights he hadn’t gone to sleep watching their DVD. As the pictures flashed across the screen, he tried to shake off the shadow hovering at the edge of his thoughts.

Kiera had seemed distant the past few conversations. He tried to include her in all of his news, but she seemed less interested now. While she was quick to say she loved him, he had the distinct sense that something—or maybe someone—was pulling her away.

Pausing the slideshow on a close-up of them, he studied their profiles. Something was wrong, but if he couldn’t get her to tell him what it was, he couldn’t fix it. He went to stand at the window, frowning at the peaceful winter scene, then turned to pace the room. Would she tell him if she found someone else? Could he blame her? He was out here playing rock star while she was home caring for Buck.

And just what are you going to do about it, Theisen? It’s your choice to be out on tour.

He turned to look at their picture on the screen again. None

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