Somewhere in the Dark by R. J. Jacobs

Author:R. J. Jacobs [Jacobs, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781643853215
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Detective Marion tells me not to leave town, and it isn’t long before the front door is shut behind them. Finally alone again, I remember something. Something I saw a year before and forgot. No, something I made myself forget because I didn’t want it to be true. I told myself I couldn’t have seen what I did, that what had happened was a joke, or that it wasn’t actually Owen and Shelly.

The show was in St. Louis—one of the biggest crowds of the tour—and they were late getting on stage. The tech guys were running back and forth across the stage, signaling to the sound booth. There was a rumble of restless energy in the crowd, a small sigh when another warm-up song began playing through the PA. Then, finally, a thumbs-up, lights dimming. I could see the side of the stage from where I sat—high and on the side, which usually let me see everything.

Owen and Shelly were there—her two steps ahead, him carrying his guitar by the neck. But before she went forward, her head turned. Owen grabbed her arm, roughly enough that her curled hair shook. She said something; her mouth seemed to spit out the words.

And then his mouth formed the word “bitch.”

Shelly smiled and shook her head. She walked on stage, waved, and the crowd went wild. Owen waited for just a beat and then followed her.

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