A Beautiful Melody by Anderson Lilliana

Author:Anderson, Lilliana [Anderson, Lilliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2013-11-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Naomi

“Naomi,” a gentle voice calls to me, as I slowly stir and open my eyes. “We’re here and you’re drooling.”

All of a sudden, we’re at the hotel, I didn’t even realise I’d fallen asleep. I think it was a combination of Marcus humming and smoothing his fingers up and down my calf and the gentle vibration of the car as we drove.

Processing his words in my sleep addled mind, I sit bolt upright, pulling my legs from Marcus’s lap as I wipe at my face. He starts laughing a little as he opens his car door, extending one long leg as he begins to climb out. I sneak a look in the review mirror to make sure I’m presentable. I’m so embarrassed that I was drooling. Oh god – kill me now!

“Relax. You’re still gorgeous,” he comments, leaning down to look at me. “Come on. Let’s get this stuff up to our rooms before we have to get on the road again.”

“Why? Aren’t we here for long?” I ask, as I climb out and head toward the car boot where Jack is unloading the luggage.

“From what Theo told me, we have an hour to settle in. Then we have our sound check booked in. He wants to make sure everything’s working fine. He worries that something could get damaged in transit. It’s what he does – he’s a bit of a control freak.”

“Yeah, but if he wasn’t, none of this stuff would happen to us and we’d be giving a cut of all our profits to managers and agents or whatever,” Jack adds in. “Better someone who has the band in mind more than the money.”

“Why does he play drums now?” I ask. When I knew him in high school, he was always on the piano or keyboards. He was wonderful. I can’t imagine why he would stop playing them on stage.

“He used to play the keyboard when we first started the band, but when we lost our first drummer, he took over and stayed there because it was easier to find someone for keyboards than it was to find a drummer that would actually show up and could keep the right beat.”

“That’s when I joined,” Jack informs me.

“And who was the bassist before Lachlan?” I ask them both.

“Just a girl,” Marcus says quietly, as he pulls a folded up piece of paper from his pocket. “Why don’t you two finish up here and I’ll get our room keys,” he offers, obviously trying to avoid the conversation. He jogs into the hotel entrance, leaving Jack and I on our own.

“It was this chick called Andrea,” Jack volunteers.

“Andrea? Do I know her?”

“Nah, I don’t think so. She was a bit of a random. I’m not actually sure how he met her.”

“Why did she leave?”

“Because she was shit. She fucked up left, right, and centre. Nearly destroyed the whole band. I’m pretty sure she was only in the band in the first place because she was screwing Marcus.” Jack explains, shutting the boot as he sets the last bag on the ground.

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