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"Do you want me to leave you alone? I can tel you’re tired"

"No, I like your coy to devour you You’re probably disappointed in ed the base of his fingers and his palers "These are ical body part in this bed I think the fans liked your solo, Myr"

"Your solo"

"That’s al you, baby I just play it"

She smiled She knew she didn’t deserve any credit "You’re sweet"

"Shhhhh Don’t tel anyone…"

He slept So o their separate ways Myrna stretched out beside hi lazy paths up and down his back Was she real y here? This had undoubtedly been theday of her life And even if she never saw this reet him

A short time later, there was a cohter moved closer--a mix of masculine and feminine voices

Myrna cliers and looked through the sed fro They led with their excited fans Separated fros and autographs and posed for photographs with enthusiastic adlanced over her shoulder at Brian, lost in dreamland She wondered if he always kept to hied the fans on occasion She returned her attention to outside Sed lifted a scantily clad young woe of feraph, the girl did a happy dance behind hihs

Myrna wondered about the girl Myrna doubted she knew Sed Doubted Sed knew her Would she sleep with him without hesitation? Myrna was pretty sure the answer to that question was yes, but did the young wouy, or was it Sed’s fame that seduced her? Myrna had to ask herself the sa to sleep with Brian? Typical y, she felt the need to get to know a ot to know him physical y And honestly, she hadn’t known h to sleep with thehed in his sleep, his hand stretching across the bed to the location she’d been when he’d drifted off He took a deep, startled breath as he regained consciousness and lifted his head When he saw her standing near the , he s his arms above his head, then out to the sides

"That was a quick nap," Myrna said

"I was dreaood dreae of the bed next to hi you and you wouldn’t stop running fro now"

His hand uess you’re not"

She wiped at a black s, however"

"I fel asleep on roaned He climbed from the bed and opened the door "Yeah?"

One of the roadies said, "We’re heading out in an hour"

"Al right Thanks for the heads up" He closed the door and turned to look at Myrna "An hour"

"I’ve got to go anyway" Why did she suddenly feel so lonely? "I have to drive back to Kansas City and I need to get a head start tonight so I can make it home tomorrow"