Twisted by Emma Chase

Author:Emma Chase [Chase, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9781476763620
Google: jv8dAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1476763623
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2014-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

After we got Delores settled in my room, Billy put a call in

to his manager. he planned to do a show here at a little

bar called Sam’s Place, where he used to play in high school. he

wanted to honor the place where he came from—give something

back to the locals, like Bruce Springsteen always does at the Stone Pony.

And Sam’s Place is where we are right now.

It’s packed—standing room only. Delores and I are in front,

our arms bumping against each other as we dance and sing. Billy’s

up on stage, a few songs into his first set. he looks fantastic. Dark jeans, a crisp white button-down, and a clean-shaven chin.

he knows just how to work the crowd—when to get them

fired up with a guitar-screaming riff or settle them down with soft ballad.

I’ve never been more proud of him.

The song ends and someone in the back yells that they love

him. Billy looks down and laughs, a little bashful. Then he brings Twisted_1P.indd 144

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his mouth to the microphone. “I love you guys too. So this next

song is new. I haven’t played it for any of the suits yet, but I wanted to play it for you tonight. It’s for someone . . . who believed in me . . . even when there wasn’t much of a reason to. And I want her to know that I’ll always have her back, that she’ll always be in my heart, and she’ll never be alone.”

his eyes find mine in the crowd. And he winks. I nod, message

received. Then he starts to sing.

Years feel like yesterday

And I can’t believe how fast time flies

Don’t want to let another second go

Without letting you know

What you always should have known

I’ll catch you if you stumble

Pick you up if you fall

Hold you when you’re hurting

But baby, most of all,

I’ll be there . . . so you’ll never be alone

Don’t ever feel alone

The beat pulses in my stomach. And I listen to the words. And

I think about how lucky I am to have all the things I do. Price-

less, precious blessings. I have a family that loves me. Friends who would kill for me. Literally.

And I think about who I am. I survived my father’s death with

my soul intact. I graduated Wharton School at the top of my class.

Remember when I first started working at the firm? And Drew

Evans was the golden boy? And I put him right in his place—

kicked his ass from one end of the office to the other.

I did that.

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Because I was stubborn. And smart. And because I believed I

was capable. Drew once told me you can change the color of the

walls, but the room would still be the same.

And he was right.

I was all those things before him—and I’m still all those things

now.

Without him.

From now on, each day that goes by

Gonna give it my best try

To show you what you mean to me

’Cause if I don’t have

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