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Jessica jerked her ared to keep the tears in check until she collapsed into the driver’s seat of her piece of shit Nissan Sentra It never failed Even when absent, Sed always fked up her life

Chapter 41

On the tour bus, Sed sat at the dining table staring down at Jessica’s picture God, he missed her He knew that their breakup was for the best She deserved to ard Maybe someday they’d oing in the direction she wanted and deserved He clung to that hope

Brian took a seat in the booth across from him "Hey, you okay?"

Sed nodded "It’s still a little raw, but I’ll live"

"Need to talk about it?"

"Nope How are you holding up now that Myrna’s back at work?"

"Can’t stand it"

They stared at the table in cooperative e?" Sed asked

"We have a few et the studio reserved for next week?"

"Yeah, we’re all set to record the first few tracks He wants to get the new single on the shelves"

"Are we going to add it to the show, then?"

"Don’t know Probably should It would help sales" Rehearsing a new song didn’t hold the appeal it should, however

Eric wandered out of the bathroo on the bus?"

Sed chuckled "Brian and I are avoiding groupies Don’t knohat the rest of you are doing"

"It’s been a fking drag around here for the last three days," Eric said

"Sorry to ruin your fun, Sticks," Sed said

Sed tucked Jessica’s picture into his pocket and headed off the bus toward the concert venue The s behind the bus erupted into cheers Norht frame of mind Brian took up his slack and headed for the fans, while Sed was let into the backstage area of the stadiu rooeous brunette in an i for quite a while"

She looked familiar Sed was certain he’d fked her a couple of times, but couldn’t remember her name "I could use a beer"