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Suddenly, soh the front door The sy, unwashed ht’s mascara blurred beneath her red-rimmed eyes

She stops at Henry’s desk and Henry scoots his chair back "May I help you?"

"Is this where that rock band lives?" she asks She can’t even look Henry in the eye

"Who wants to know?" Henry asks

"I’ht, which isn’t that tall But she stue of the desk

"Oh, shit," I breathe, just as the door opens and Fallen fro in

Peck

Today wasn’t easy, but now it’s done We had to meet with the label to adjust our tour schedule because of my wrist They didn’t like it, but our dates weren’t set in concrete, so they were able to push the tour back by teeks They weren’t happy with it, but they were able to do it, particularly e gave theree to it, but E to tour with us for six weeks We need her on lead guitar, and with her new single out, she’s the perfect person to open for us She didn’t want to do it to begin with, but then Logan--Sao with her, and they’re going to bring the baby Logan will take care of the baby when she’s busy with us, and they’ll be nauseatingly perfect the rest of the ti a fairy tale unfold It’s like turning the pages of a popup book and finding blissful happiness on the last page They’ve been like that since they met, and it sometimes makes me wonder if that’s possible But then I remember that people don’t stay Not real people Perfect is for storybook characters Not for people like et to the foyer of our apart, and that’s actually hoe found it Eested it

Henry, our doorman, stands up, and I see a familiar face beside hi in front of them I cover my nose and step back God, she stinks

Henry ood idea But then the woets up and touches her shoulder, and she looks toward him We slide past them all and walk quickly into the elevator I stare out the elevator door until it closes, because so about her seems so familiar She turns to face us and yells just as the door closes

"Who was that?" Fin asks, scrunching up her nose

I shrug "N-no idea" But sos at the back of my mind A me it off like a dog after a bath

We go into the apartment and I drop my keys onto the side table But before I can walk away, a knock sounds on the door

Fin goes and opens it, and steps back with a laugh "Well, look what the cat dragged in," she says "I thought you’d be tired after the night you had"

Saer down his nose "Can I come in?"

She steps back and motions hiet past Henry?" Fin asks

He grins "Me and Henry go way back"