The Break-Up Album by Lauren Blakely

Author:Lauren Blakely
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, forbidden love, off-limits, music, band, singer, writer, sweet romance, British, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Amara)
Published: 2018-10-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Jane

I glance down and realize I am still holding Matthew’s notebook in my hand. I see my own silly notes from my mock interview with Matthew. I flip back a few pages so I can try to find the spot where he left off before I grabbed it. I spot the note he wrote back at the kitchen: Jane Black has one song for the new album. Everything is okay. I smile a bit at the memory, at his facetiousness in writing that.

Then I notice there’s more underneath it, the notes he must have taken when I went to the bathroom. These notes aren’t in block letters. They’re in his choppy and slanted penmanship. Jane Black is coming up dry for her new album. T-minus twelve days and she has nothing but a cover tune. She contends she can pen an entire album in twelve days. Note: research past albums written quickly. Twelve days seems insane. Follow-up: Ask again re her normal MO. Does she write all albums in this fashion? Can she make her deadline? If so, how does this impact article?

What the hell?

I raise my eyes from the notebook and see Matthew chatting amicably with the poodle’s owner. He grips his dog’s collar, but he seems to have charmed his way out of the dog kerfuffle.

I return to his notes. Cover tune. He writes it as if it’s a dirty word. It was his goddamn idea after all.

She contends. Let him try writing an album when a rock critic is following him around.

Ask her again. Yep, ask her again, indeed. Because that’s what this is all about. Asking me questions. Getting information. Writing a story. My God, I was so stupid to think his emails were true. That his kisses were real. All he wants is to ask me again about the deadline for the album. He wants to press me about what I’ve written so far. He wants to know if I can make my deadline so he can make his.

I slap Matthew’s notebook on the bench, cross my arms, clench my teeth, and wait for him to return. Soon, he’s walking right toward me, The Doctor at his side. He looks at me curiously.

“What’s wrong? You seem pissed.”

“Are there some things you wanted to ask me, Matthew?” I reach for the notebook and flip it open to the offending page. “Ask again regarding her normal MO,” I read to him. Then I wave the notebook and say, “So, go. Ask.”

“Jane,” he says gently.

“I’ll tell you. I don’t have a normal MO. I just write what I write. Oh, and that’s partly because no one has given a shit when I produce another album till now. Because I used to suck. Remember?”

“Okay,” he says, still a little wary of me.

I glance back at the notebook. “Can I make my deadline, you want to know? Yes. And let’s address this last item. Jane Black is coming up dry.” Then I stare at him.

“Okay…”

“Well that’s not a very nice thing to say is it?”

“Is it untrue?” he asks, finally answering me back.

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