Listen With Your Heart by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Nate

“You let him move in with you.” I wished Bunny would just react in some way and stop staring at me like that. It was creepy.

“Yes.”

“Just like that.”

“Yes.”

“After a romantic Ferris wheel ride.”

“It wasn’t romantic. It was a tourist thing. Lane had never even been to Puget Sound before, and he’s lived here for three years.”

“A few weeks ago, you had no idea who he was and once you did, you told me quote: “why do you want to sign him Bun? He seems like an ass” or something along those lines.”

I groaned. “Your impression of me sounds too proper.”

“I’m just trying to get the facts straight.”

“He needed a place to stay where no one would think to find him and I needed a roommate to take on half the rent. I thought it was the perfect opportunity.” I thought I was telling the truth but Bunny seemed to look through me, straight to my heart. She saw something I didn’t.

“Isn’t it risky?” She asked without the seriousness the question deserved. “If you’re both seen together your private life could be ruined.”

I had thought about that but I still said yes. “I think he’ll be an interesting roommate. And if he needs to practice at all hours of the morning or night, I won’t be able to hear it and complain. We’re a match made in roommate heaven.”

“What if someone breaks in, a fan, or worse, hundreds of them?”

“I’ll protect him.” I said without thinking. I blinked. “I want to protect him.”

“There it is.” She got up from her desk in her fancy office at the record label and took my hands. She seemed to be trying to get me to hear something.

“What is it Bun?”

“I know you’re looking for a purpose. And I think it’s good you found a weird closeness with Lane. But I hope you know you shouldn’t make him your purpose. He’s not going to stay at your place forever. You need to keep looking.”

I looked away. I didn’t want to see her say anything else. “I am still looking.”

She gripped my hands tighter. I couldn’t see if she said anything but I felt the strong sense that she just wanted me to be happy.

“Thank you. But I am pretty happy right now,” I murmured and finally faced her again.

“I’m glad. Truly.” She let go and smiled a little at me. “Now stop wasting time around here and go help your new roommate move his furniture or something.”

“My last text from him did say something about a bookcase.”

“Shoo then. Just remember what I said.”

I nodded. “I will. Promise.

I knew Lane couldn’t be the purpose, the companionship I was looking for. He had to go on tour eventually. He was on vacation. And vacations ended.

But for now, I wanted to make sure he had a good vacation because so far it sucked. I wasn’t going to make Lane my purpose. But maybe my temporary purpose could be to help him have a not so bad time. That seemed reasonable to me.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.