The Hermit Next Door: A Rise To Fame Romance by PJ Vye

Author:PJ Vye [Vye, PJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648505327
Published: 2015-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

Jack had been staring at the ceiling for most of the night. It wasn’t like him to be so reflective—to be considering his life direction or to question the choices he’d made. But tonight, he couldn’t get it out of his head.

He’d always been strong, driven to succeed, but his ambition hadn’t always been to become a music executive. This job had somehow chosen him, and though he’d always believed it suited him, now he was beginning to question what it was he truly wanted.

In the city, sitting in the executive chair, it seemed like being respected and renowned with power and privilege was the only possible destination. Being the best—the most successful—was the most satisfying revenge of all.

It was strange how a place like this could dilute those feelings that had become his signposts. He was beginning to feel directionless with no clear path to follow. The uncertainty clouded his mind to the point that he had to get out of bed and clear his head.

He padded around the kitchen, drinking a glass of water as he stared at the shelves lined with coloured temptation. The water became hard to swallow as his mind skipped back and forth over the idea of adding a dash of something—just to help him sleep.

Jack found a position on the couch where he could see the bar and a guitar that had been leaning against the seat, toppled over in the disturbance and fell across his lap. He stared at it awhile, like it was some foreign object that had fallen from the sky, but then he eventually conceded to its tease and placed it in his arms, feeling the smooth coolness of its neck and the familiar roundness of its belly, tucked in under his arm.

He touched the strings, sliding his fingers along each one, and then slowly he found a shape on the fretboard with his left hand and plucked the strings with his right. It was the first time he’d handled an instrument since his college days, and once he started his fingers wouldn’t be stilled. Fifteen years of pent up musicianship sang on the instrument as he played through the classical pieces he’d once laboured over. Once in a while, he’d forget a section and need to get a run up and try again, allowing his fingers to take the lead and still his mind enough to let them be in control.

Jack didn’t hear Willa approach until she sat down on the couch near him, frightening him into silence.

“Don’t stop,” she said. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you.” She stood up to leave.

“It’s okay,” he said. “Don’t go. Did I wake you?”

She shrugged off his question with her own. “Got anymore secret abilities you haven’t told me about?”

“You mean like my x-ray vision?”

“Oh my God,” she pretended to look shocked. “You can do that too?”

“You betcha.”

“But really,” she frowned. “Tell me about this. How did you learn to play like that?”

“School, College. I was quite good.”

“You still are, I think.

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