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Since ere perforet ready in our tour buses My first order of business for our upco tour was to ensure that Abby and I had our own bus, so we could be alone without interruptions Always thinking of someone else, Abby had insisted that we share it a lot with Brayden so that he and Lily could haveevery square inch of it with her e got on the road Tonight, however, there was no ti the venue and bands, it had also been Abby’s idea for everyone to dress-up, so to speak, in respect forblack dress pants, black shirts and black ties A single pink ribbon for Breast Cancer awareness was pinned to our lapels Although strapless, Abby’s black dress came to her knees and met the tops of her black cowboy boots Wrapped around her neck were my mother’s pearls She wore them often, and every time she did, it made my heart ache with both pleasure and pain at the bond the two a wo on e After what had happened with Bree, I insisted on two bodyguards each and every time She leaned over the chair to kiss el," I replied

As soon as I was finished, I headed to the wings so I could watch Abby perfor her work a crowd She was truly as of her brothers’ hits, Abby sat alone on the stage with her guitar "This song is for all of you out there who know the pain of loss and the anguish of grief" She then began stru of Pink’s Beam Me Up Her voice filled the stadium and warrief with Abby hadn’t known Mael stand by me in the darkest,in the world

Glancing over , isn’t she?"

With one arm wrapped around Lily’s waist and Melody in the other, Brayden sets better and better every time I hear her"

AJ nodded "But I still don’t knohat the hell she sees in you"

"Douchebag!" I shouted before ruffling his hair

"Heymy hand away

Rhys rolled his eyes at our antics and went back to texting on his phone I kneas fighting his nerves because his parents were in the audience They’d flown up in his dad’s corporate jet Like the true angel she was, Abby had called to invite the son they had and how proud they should be

As Abby finished up the song, I adjusted uitar on my shoulder, so I could head out to join her We’d planned to sing several duets together, including I’ll Take You with Me But Abby surprised uitar to a technician She then went over to the piano and sat down "There’s one ht before Jake joinsby one of ers, Pink It’s called The Great Escape, and it’s for anyone who has hit rock bottolanced up froaze "But ers effortlessly flew over the black and white keys as she began the song Leaning against the side of the stage, I listened intently to the lyrics Even though I tried fighting the my eyes, especially the part about how the passion and the pain would keepcaptured soin the past two months since Mama’s death I knew there would beany escapes I had Abby by my side, my bandet e and pulled her up froht around her, I el"

"You’re welcoo wild Working the moment, Abby took a uys are ready for us to sing together now?"

Whistles and catcalls filled the air "Well, all right then" The set was changed to where two uitars on our laps

The first song we did together was a cover of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s I Need You Perched on the stool across fro across West Virginia to West Georgia and the part about cowboys going out like that to rockers We finished the song to thunderous applause I bobbed rinned and winked at me "We want to thank everyone who has made I’ll Take You with Me a hit It ether In fact, it was the first songwriting I ever did So here it is"

Even though the song was e it with Abby Each ti a neord or whispering part of a line She kept e just like in the real world, and I loved every minute of it

After the applause died down, I leaned in to the ether, anted to do another cover Hopefully this tiether But for now, this song captures so el Here’s Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed’s All I Ever Needed"

Throughout the song, Abby and I kept our eyes locked Although ere separated by our guitars and the microphone stand, we inched as close as we could Like the lyrics, she was my shelter in the storm and all I would ever need

When the last verse echoed throughout the park, Abby leaned over the microphone to kiss me passionately The crowd loved it, and the applause and cheering beca Abby started to rise off of her stool to e, but I stopped her

Her brows furrowed in confusion "Jake--"

I tried stilling the rapid beating of e, and I wanted tointo my microphone, s we sang together el You’re all I’ve ever needed, or I could ever want There’s nothing I wantyou happy"