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“I never said that!” shouted Mark frohed
“Maybe not free, but at least a discount?”
“Only if you perforain
“Fair enough,” he called out to Mark “Tonight, I’s,to have some fun And if you happen to like Uncharted,” a fehoos came from the crowd “I’ll be back on tour with them for the rest of the surab some tickets I’ve heard there are plenty left” Everyone clapped and he finished arranging everything on stage He stepped on the foot pedals to check his sound levels, tested the mics
“You guys ready?” he said, looking out over the crowd before his eyes settled on Keira She gripped the seat of her chair, feeling a little woozy
“Yeah!” Keira screamed loudly, maybe a little too loudly as the people around her shot her a glance and Eric chuckled on stage She ducked her head and curled her shoulders in a bit Okay, maybe she should tone it down a bit
“Okay, this first song is called Take My Love” A s of applause cas were unknown until the albue sound systeh her She sang along and rocked in her seat, pushing back the teet up and dance Everyone else in the rooet into it too When a chorus would repeat, people would join in and soon she wasn’t the only one singing along Five songs into the set and Keira couldn’t stay still Sweat rolled off her as the roo
Thein her seat, her ar to the beat and his voice touched her deep down The lyrics spoke to her, the struggle of his fa ato sacrifice to make it happen Then there more upbeat ones that belied the betrayal of love lost and friendships left behind The ache hit her so keenly, it was like ainto his soul She peered up at hiine being able to make someone else feel this ith her art She hadn’t touched her caallery opening
When he performed at the festival she went to, she’d been hundreds of people back fro the foot petals to change between music processors and loop the music to create a full band sound He was a one- all at once His level of concentration alone e inspiring And his lyrics blew her away Whether it was a dance beat or an acoustic song, he painted a picture of his life at the ti the only conversation she’d ever had with hio
He hit an off note and the looped music continued to play A commotion broke out back near the kitchen and he juuitar off and thrust it at her She grabbed it froet a look at as going on People crowded around toward the back and a few people parted and her sto down her face What the hell happened? She ju her way through the crowd that formed around Rox
Jen and Mark crouched down next to her and kept asking her questions Soh it, pulling out different things Keira had a sinking feeling in her sto in the bar lately, they’d thought it was Mark’s ex-wife exacting her revenge after the divorce, but eting Mark, but Rox Lia his hand What happened to him? Keira dashed over to the bar to try and be useful
“Charlie, can you get me some ice in a towel? It looks like Lia happened to Rox, I don’t knohat” Charlie peered over the bar and co over the towel filled with ice and she tapped Liarateful s his bloodied hand in the towel
The coot Rox’s head wound cleaned and it was only a small cut She still didn’t knohat happened, but at least it didn’t look serious Breathing a sigh of relief, the tight ball that had for Rox covered in blood loosened so she could breathe norain Someone turned on some low music and everyone started to head back to their own conversations when Rox, Jen and Mark headed into his office upstairs and Liam followed thee of the stage
“I hope she’s okay,” he said, absently struuitar
“I’lad once they cleaned up the blood on her head the cut didn’t look too bad I still have no idea what happened, but it looks like Jen and Mark are taking care of her,” she said, following his gaze “You’re back on tour after tonight?”