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I hesitated Of course, I did Because where I caenerally believed to be a bad thing And this woman didn’t even have the decency to first offer me candy or a kitten

“I repeat, I do not have time to screw around In a little less than two h the backstage area and out here to the car,” said Martha, sounding vaguely bored “Your choices are either getting in said vehicle, or having Bon return you to the audience area Which will it be?”

The security dude gave es beneath his suit coat weren’t frou How insane this whole world was

“Truth is, I shouldn’t even be doing this,” she continued “But you’ve ever so slightly woken my cold dead heart Turns out, I happen to knohat it’s like to be in your position Someone wrote an album about me once, too Not what you’d call a pleasant experience”

Huh Though, in Martha’s case, I’d hazard a guess that any lyrics about grinding a guy’s heart beneath five-inch heels would be deadly accurate

She tapped her foot against the concrete “So?”

“Where will Ada

“Straight houarantee that” Her eyebrows bent with the le to unwind after a show”

Interesting I resisted the urge to s Adam off the couch And now it see him there

In all honesty, the whole situation was kind of doing my head in Adauards and luxury cars and this terrifying woo, he’d owned exactly one pair of socks, and they both had holes in theot for Christ with friends at various bars around town So or land some delivery work at a pizza place Do a few shifts behind the bar at a local club But that was about as far as his behaving like a responsible adult went He’d couch surfed for years, living with various friends and acquaintances, until he and I hooked up Now this was his life

Mind blown

“You can talk to hioes, then Mac will take you wherever you want,” said Martha “In a couple of days, Ada of his tour Trust et to talk to him face-to-face in the foreseeable future Do you want it or not?”

Oh, man I really shouldn’t have, but I cli across the black leather seat to the far side The interior was pristine with that new-car sone by, he’d borrowed uitar cases and a skill Now this How far the boy had come

The large handsoave me a smile in the rearview mirror “Miss”

“Hello” My s my lack of confidence Which was crazy Adam Dillon had never intimidated ht be, it was hard to be unsettled by soot to put the toilet seat down It had to be this situation—the concert, the limousine, the security I’d be fine in a minute Give me a chance to catch my breath and I’d be…