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"She says she isn’t getting any younger It’s now or never"

Sed sratulations until he saw the look on Trey’s face Happy for Brian? Not even close Trey looked physically ill

"Is she going to quit that sex professor job of hers, then?" Eric asked

Brian sighed "She wants to finish this year first We’re trying to tinancy so she’ll deliver at the end of next May She wants to write nonfiction books for a while and ht move out to LA while the baby is small Maybe, she said The wohed "You think?"

Brian glanced over his shoulder at Trey, who quickly covered his horror-struck look with an indulgent grin "Don’t plan onwhile you and Myrna disappear into the bedroo with us, are you?"

Trey’s face fell He sed his horror and then laughed "Of course not Hard to party when a baby is crying all hours of the day and night" Trey nodded toward the studio "Ready to record the next track?"

"Yeah Let’s do this If we get done early, I can go visit Myrna in Kansas City for a couple of days" He balled his fists, bit his lip, and de techniques"

"Practice ed Brian in the ribs with his elbow

"I think he’s had enough practice," Trey gruet back in the studio"

Brian clasped Trey’s shoulder and followed hiot full ers"

Eric took the seat next to Sed, acting a bit too nonchalant for sincerity "I think you should wait a while before you ask Jessica, ?"

Sed reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded scrap of paper He unfolded it and du in his hand He pinched it between his thuer and held it up for Eric to see

"Kind of small, don’t you think?"

Sed scowled True But it was hers and it belonged on her finger

Eric snatched the tattered paper out of Sed’s hand "What’s this?"

"Nothing"

Eric turned his back on Sed and held the paper up above his head so he could read the lines of scarcely legible scrawl

"Is this a song? Did you write it?"

Sed yanked the paper out of his hand and stuffed it and Jessica’s ring into the front pocket of his jeans

"I didn’t know you could write sappy love lyrics, Lionheart"

"Shut up," Sed said, hoping Eric would forget about his stupid,it around At least Eric didn’t know that he and Brian had recorded an acoustic version of it two years before He’d never live that one down

Eric rested his elbows on the soundboard with its hundreds of equalizer sliders and knobs "She’d like it, you know"