Superfan by Sarina Bowen

Author:Sarina Bowen [Bowen, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942444756
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-06-24T18:30:00+00:00

We spend the whole afternoon in bed. Eventually we’re so spent that lying under the sheet watching the ceiling fan turn is all we have left.

“How’s the new manager?” he asks, his fingers combing through my hair.

“Nice. No—that’s the wrong word for her. She’s fierce. She has ideas for how I can move forward without Brett’s cooperation.”

“Yeah? Tell me all the news.”

My head rolls lazily to the side, resting on his magnificent chest. “My contract isn’t easy to break, but there are some odd loopholes. Get this—I can’t make another solo album until he publishes the one he’s sitting on. But I could, for example, make a new album that’s credited to a band.”

“You mean the new album could come from—” His deep voice vibrates beneath my ear. “—Delilah and the Sparkle Puppies?”

I lift my head. “Did you say sparkle puppies? What the fuck is that?”

“Puppies are a crowd-pleaser, Delilah. Everyone likes puppies.”

“You’re mocking my demographic,” I tease.

“Puppies are universally appealing,” he insists. “Wait. Are you a puppy hater? Have I bedded a monster?”

We both crack up. I feel so loose right now. I love the way he teases me. We’re discussing all the most stressful things in my life, and he’s got me laughing about it.

“I know.” He snaps his fingers. “You should call the new band Free Beer. Everyone loves free beer.”

I let out an unladylike snort. “You’re off the marketing team.”

“What? I’m a marketing genius. Obvs.”

“Obvs,” I repeat happily. My troubles seem smaller when I’m lying next to him. “I’ll run them both past my terrifying manager.”

“Does she really want you to start a band?”

“Only if she can’t find another way to force Brett to do the right thing. That’s our nuclear option. The thought of walking away from my finished album makes me sick. I honestly spend several hours of each day trying to think up an alternative solution. Those songs represent more than two years of my work, and I can’t imagine a future where they’re not out in the world.”

I need Brett to release that album. I need him to blink first. Some days it’s all I think about.

“Is there no way to release those songs as a band?” he asks. “Like, rerecord them?”

I shake my head. “He already accepted them as fulfillment of the second and last album on my current contract. I can’t retract them without handing over another ten songs.”

“But doesn’t he need this release, too? Isn’t he sitting on millions of dollars right now?”

“Yes. That’s what’s so maddening. But apparently I care more than he does, and he’s willing to take some pain to cause me even more pain. Which shouldn’t surprise me.” I roll over and look him in the eye. “I should have listened to you when you warned me about him. I should have asked you to tell me the whole story.”

Silas closes his eyes. “Shit,” he says. “I think you did ask. And I refused.”

“Why?”

“Because it doesn’t reflect well on me, either.” He turns to prop his head on one hand.

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