“Hey, I’m open to something. You realize this.”

“I do know this.” She says with a sly smile. “It’s simply one of many many issues I really like about you.”

We each freeze.

She simply mentioned the fucking L phrase.

We stare at one another for an eternity, and the silence is instantly deafening. Amazingly, I’m the primary one to return to my senses.

“So, how does pizza sound?”

She lets out a breath rapidly, and the nervous chuckle that follows is solely too endearing. That’s simply one other factor I really like about her.

And I simply thought the L phrase. Fuck.

“Pizza sounds nice.”

epilogue 1

Break In

Sloane – Three Months Later

Murderous Crows have lastly completed recording their album, and there’s a launch get together at Jude and Ren’s home in Santa Monica. There are a variety of music trade folks I haven’t seen in a very long time right here, and fortunately, none of them are folks I’ve an issue with. All of Indigo King and their crew are right here, too, since they have been closely concerned within the recording and producing of the album together with Jude.

Ryan Crawford and his spouse Sarah solely briefly seem with their new child woman Madelyn. She is the cutest little child I’ve ever seen. She’s undoubtedly bought essentially the most hair I’ve ever seen on a child, anyway. Ren and Jude’s daughter Charlie fawned over her the complete time, and I can inform she might be an incredible chosen-cousin rising up.

Just a few hours into the get together, Murderous Crows places on an impromptu live performance for everybody in attendance. They play a number of songs from the brand new album and a few of their previous songs. Once I assume they end, the band clears out from the terrace, aside from Cooper, who units up a stool and a microphone and sits together with his guitar.

“In case you people may indulge me for a minute, I wish to invite Ms. Sloane Fortress to the stage space, please.” His clear voice via the sound system hits my ears however doesn’t make sense.

What’s he doing?

Everybody begins clapping, and Mackenzie pushes me towards the place Cooper is sitting. All the opposite friends apparently know what’s occurring, however I certain don’t.

“What are you doing?” I stage whisper at him as I stand awkwardly on my own close to him whereas everybody watches. “Would you like me to sing with you or one thing?”

He solely laughs, and it’s then I see how nervous he’s, and my abdomen clenches. This had higher not be what I feel it’s…

I’m going to fucking kill him.

“Sloane, we’ve identified one another for what, 5 or 6 months now? And we’ve solely wished to kill one another for about two of these.” Everybody’s laughter joins ours. He’s not unsuitable. “In that point, you’ve challenged me to be a greater individual. And I can solely hope I’ve met that problem head-on.”

“You’re hard-headed sufficient!” Remy yells from the group.

“Fuck off, man,” Cooper chuckles into the mic.

“Significantly, what are you doing?” I ask once more, glancing nervously at everybody, however they’re all simply smiling at us.

“I’m attending to it. I’m attending to it, girl. Simply give me a minute. I’m having a second.” A minimum of the humor appears to be loosening him up slightly bit. “I, Cooper Fucking Davies, have written you a tune. One that’s not on the album. One which might be simply ours. And, cover your canine as a result of it’s one I’m going to sing. It’s a little bit of a query I’ll want a solution to on the finish, okay? And it goes slightly one thing like this…

Blinded by the spotlights

for manner too lengthy.

pondering I used to be glad

however I used to be so rattling unsuitable.

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