More Than Anything by R.E. Blake

Author:R.E. Blake [Blake, R.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult na young adult ya sex love romance, relationship recording musician, runaway teen street busker music, IDS@DPG, dpgroup.org
Publisher: Russell Blake
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I spend all day Sunday holed up in the apartment, only venturing out to get food. When Monday morning arrives, I’m almost relieved to get back to work – at least there’s no thinking when I’m singing, only me and the song. And Sebastian’s eyes watching me through the control room glass.

As the week blurs by, I’m growing increasingly restless. My nightly time with Derek on the phone feels inadequate, and come Saturday I pull Sebastian aside on one of our breaks after a particularly unproductive morning and float the idea of me taking another few days off so I can go to New York. I think I know him well by now, but the hard stare he fixes me with sends a chill down my spine, and I realize, too late, I’ve been so wrapped up in my own internal drama I’ve badly miscalculated.

“Sage, I don’t know how to say this politely, so I’m not going to try. I get that you have other things you’d rather be doing, but right now you have a whole lot of people relying on your ability to perform. We’re at a critical point in tracking, and I need you here, focused a hundred and ten percent. So while I can appreciate that you’d like to be in New York, you’ve got me, my engineer, the session players, and everyone at the record company depending on you. People who have way better things they could be doing if you’re not serious about this.”

“Sebastian, I realize that, but–”

He shakes his head. “What do you think this is? A game? I’m booked out for the next two years. I moved the earth to do this project with you and had to shift a lot of stuff around to do it. I’ve gone to bat for you with Saul, I’ve got a strong underground buzz started from playing a few rough mixes for the right people, and I’ve got my reputation on the line to make this a blockbuster. And you want to bail so you can play house with your boyfriend? Am I reading this right?”

“It’s more than that,” I say, my words sounding totally inadequate, I realize as I hear them.

“No, it isn’t. This is about you wanting to do whatever you feel like whenever you like. But that’s not how winners in this business work. There are a thousand other singers who would kill to be in your position. Singers who would appreciate how lucky this break is. Yet you’re a thousand miles away.” His tone hardens, and he shakes his head. “You need to get your head straightened out, or you’re going to blow this. Stay focused or go home, because I can’t work with someone who’s not delivering her all. I’m clocking eighteen-hour days to make your record a hit, Sage. I’m forgoing sleep, a social life, other opportunities, and you seem to have no appreciation for it. The record company’s putting everything they have on the line to break this big, yet you want to go to New York.

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