Itâs Your Lucky Holiday by David Connor & E.F. Mulder
Author:David Connor & E.F. Mulder [Mulder, David Connor and E.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2023-11-27T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 4: Halloween Parade
I worried all through my Friday rehearsal, the first for the Halloween series. It was Friday night. With our regular conductor back, we were on our normal evening rehearsal schedule. Sterling was supposed to be onstage. He hadnât shown up at the house before the show, and he hadnât answered a single text.
âOf all the ways he could take after his mother,â Cyan commented, âit sucks it had to be this way.â
During a break at the symphony, I chewed my lip as my finger hung over the icon on my phone that would dial Jordan. Finally, I let it tap the screen.
Renny: Hey, Jordan. Hope youâre doing okay.
True as it was, I felt guilty saying it for a couple of reasons.
Renny: Hope the playâs going well. Did Sterling show?
Straight and to the point seemed best.
Renny: We havenât heard from him at all, and weâre worried. Maybe I donât have the right to ask, but please let me know.
One of Jordanâs few breaks between scenes, apparently, he texted back right away.
Jordan: Ster is here. Not sure whatâs up, but he good.
I read the text several times forming at least a dozen responses in my head, a dozen questions, a dozen emojis that would convey a mix of feelings and remind Jordan of a couple of inside jokes.
Renny: Thanks.
That was the response I settled on.
Sterling was no more receptive after the final Saturday matinee. I spotted him across the lobby after the show, but by the time Waz and I got to the other side of the room, he was gone.
âIâm sorry if I fucked things up with your nephew.â
I took Wazâs hand. âYou didnât do anything wrong. Jordan betrayed our trust. If that has anything to do with whatâs up with Sterling, we can talk it out. Heâll come around eventually.â
After the final performance on Sunday, I waited around through all the speeches and all the crying that came with closing night.
âHey.â I had to practically trap Sterling between the rest room and concession stand to present him with a little School of Rock playbill charm. âItâs sterling silver, becauseâ¦â
Sterlingâs eyes were puffy. His very first time saying goodbye to a cast that no doubt came to feel like family or at least close friends. âThank you.â
âI told him that was corny.â Waz smiled.
Sterling sniffled.
âFrom Cy and Waz and me. Maybe you can collect them. Ya know, if you do another show.â
âMaybe. The driveâs not so bad, really.â
âSo, thatâs what youâve been doing?â I spotted Jordan. Since Iâd ordered the charms weeks earlier, I had one for him, too. âDrivingâ¦â I focused back on Sterling. âDriving back and forth?â
âYeah. School and everything.â
âCool.â I wanted to ask Sterling if he knew where Jordan was staying.
âI should go.â He seemed in a rush anyway. âNo party until we finish strike.â
âWhatâs strike?â Waz was never show people.
âWhere we dismantle the set and put everything back in storage.â
âEnjoy.â My last request was for Sterling to keep in touch. Chances seemed slim.
* * * *
The National Enquirer ran a second article the next week.
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