Delicate Balance: A Romance (The Blair Brothers Book 1) by Brooke St. James

Author:Brooke St. James [St. James, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parkside Press
Published: 2019-03-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Two weeks later

"Do you have the tickets?"

It was the first and only thing my friend, Katie, said when she opened my car door. She stared at me until I nodded, and then she climbed inside.

"My parents forgot our tickets to the circus one time, and it scarred me for life. My dad had to go back home to get them. We hung out in the lobby and watched other kids buy souvenirs. We missed the whole first part of the show."

"We would miss the whole entire show if I had to drive back for these," I said, knowing the venue was three hours away.

Katie nodded. "That's why I'm asking."

She was a friend of mine from St. John's. She was older than me, but she hadn't married yet, and she was usually willing to go along with harebrained ideas like driving to Seattle to see Henry's band even though I hadn't seen or talked to him.

"I have the tickets," I said, nodding at her. "I have it all organized. The hotel address and reservation is saved to my phone. We're only a mile from the venue. I even have a place mapped-out to go eat and everything."

"Really? Where?"

"A taco place," I said. "It had good reviews."

I glanced at Katie and she nodded like that sounded like a great plan to her. I was sure she was up for just about anything since I was paying for most of the trip—the gas and hotel, at least. Katie paid for her ticket, but I wasn't going to ask her to come with me and then stick her with splitting the room, so I paid for it.

The tickets to the show were thirty dollars, but we got reserved seating. We could have gotten general admission or standing room for fifteen or twenty, but we went for the reserved seats so that we could be comfortable. They were forty-five each after service charges, but I didn't tell Katie about the extra fees. I was just thankful she was willing to go to Seattle with me.

I knew when I bought the tickets that our seats were pretty bad. The show was almost sold out by the time I decided to go. They were in the back of the assigned seating section. I figured we'd be too far from Henry for him to see or notice us, but I felt like I had to see him play.

I was certain that I wouldn't get to talk to him at the show, but I secretly hoped I would. I longed for things to end in a different way than they had. I didn't want things to end at all, but if they were going to, I wanted… I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted or why I was there, honestly. I just wanted it to end better, that was all.

In an ideal world, Henry may see me in the crowd. He might pull me on stage and sing a song to me. Maybe he would confess his love right there in front of everyone—say he couldn’t live without me.

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