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” Trent said
in a soft voice.
    “ I
don ’ t feel like I did, ” Jake said. “ You pushed her away so easily,
man. Didn ’ t even talk to
her. You didn ’ t even know
what the hell she wanted. You just assumed and then pushed her away. Where did
you think she was going to go then? ”
    “ Wait
a second, ” Trent said. “ Please tell me …” Trent put his hands up. “ Please tell me you ’ re not going to go down this
road. ”
    “ What
road? ”
    “ This
one. The one where you seriously start to blame me for this mess. I pushed her away? I forced her into your arms? I put her in your
bed? ” Trent gritted his
teeth. “ I told you
not to wear protection when you fucking slept with her? ”
    The tension in the limo was thick.
It felt stuffy and awkward, but Jake didn't care. He knew his old demons were
in control. Some men drank. Some dabbled with drugs. Jake liked to stir up
problems and make enemies. If he could make someone else half as annoyed as he
was, then he would feel better about himself.
    “ I
comforted her, ” Jake said. “ Then she wouldn ’ t go away. She said things to me … and I was right back in that
old place. Plus, you screwed her once behind my back, right? ”
    Trent rubbed his chin. “ Okay. Tell you what, Jake. When
you ’ re done acting like an
asshole, I ’ ll be out there,
being a rockstar. ”
    Trent moved and Jake felt his lip
snarl. He wanted to let Trent go, but knew he couldn ’ t. Trent was the only friend he had right now.
    “ Wait, ” Jake said. “ I ’ m
sorry. ”
    Trent froze. He didn ’ t look at Jake.
    “ I
knew what I was doing, okay? I ’ m
an asshole, yes. I just wanted that chance again. I didn ’ t want forever and now that ’ s what I ’ ve
got. ”
    “ What
chance were you looking for? ” Trent asked.
    “ The
chance to be a real rockstar, ” Jake said. “ I mean, it was
Chloe, right? All the shit the three of us went through. She saw us at our
worst and poorest. She saw us playing in basements and bars. Small clubs with
shitty sound systems. Playing for twenty people, nineteen of which we brought
with us. I just wanted to have her, once, and show her what I had done. ”
    Trent got back into the limo and
sat down. He didn ’ t close
the door though. “ Keep
talking to me. ”
    “ That ’ s it. I wanted to show her a
good time. Spend money. Prove to her that I was a rockstar. But it ’ s Chloe. It didn ’ t stop there. ”
    “ If
it means anything, those same thoughts went through my head too, ” Trent said.  “ And look where it got me. I
almost got locked up and I hurt the band. ”
    “ Well,
I feel like I ’ m going to be
in some kind of prison, man. ”
    “ You
don ’ t have to be with her, ” Trent said. “ You know that. You take care of
that baby and nothing more. ”
    Jake pointed to his chest. “ But this thing gets in the way. ”
    Trent laughed.
    A second later there were voices
and the rest of Fallen Tuesday started to pile into the limo. Jake looked at
each of his band mates and felt uncomfortable. Luke, Gray, and finally, Mack,
got in. The door shut, but a second later it opened again.
    It was Frank.
    “ What
in the good hell was that? ” Frank yelled.
    “ Not
now, ” Trent said.
    “ Not
now? ” Frank asked. “ A guitarist walks off in the
middle of a song and I'm not supposed to ask why? ”
    “ Can
we just drive? ” Jake asked.
    “ No, ” Frank said. “ I think we are all owed answers. ”
    “ Christ,
I ’ m about to agree with
Frank, ” Mack said. “ I need a stiff drink. ”
    “ For
a second, I thought you were sick, ” Luke said. He kicked at the whiskey bottle. “ But
I guess not. ”
    “ I
deserve it, ” Jake said. “ Give me all the shit you want. ”
    “ Frank,
give us a chance here, ” Trent said. “ Let ’ s go to the hotel and talk. ”
    “ What
do I do out here? ”
    “ Your
job, ” Trent said. “ We did our shows. Right? ”
    “ You
have more press coming up, ”