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would you mind taking this?”
    She raises her hand which is holding a manila envelope. My eyes scan from the envelope back to the young girl’s eyes. She’s very pretty. Every inch of skin that is showing has elaborate floral art on it and her eyes remind me of warm honey. She must work for one of the radio stations because her shirt reads one of the local stations on it. Hesitantly taking it from her, she grins back at me.
    “Sorry, I was meaning to bring it to your manager, but I couldn’t find him,” she shrugs. “We had a very special fan stop by the station the day before yesterday and dropped that off. They knew we would be live here today. Anyways, I’m so sorry for just stopping you like this, but I just wanted to give that to you since we told him that we would.”
    Feeling the thickness through the envelope with my fingers, I nod back at her.
    “No problem, thank you.”
    I lift the envelope up with one hand as she beams back at me. I shake her hand before she takes off again. That’s kind of weird. Fans usually see us when they give gifts to us. Certain things do have to go through Lux or someone else. I wonder what it is?
    I finally walk up to my dressing room door and pause as I hear the sound of music playing faintly. Placing my ear against the door, I use my free hand to cup my mouth as I hear Frankie singing All That She Wants by Ace of Base. Oh my God! That’s too fucking funny. I push open the door and his back is facing me as he lays certain pieces down on the folding table in front of him. He spins around, smiling at me.
    “Hey, girl!”
    “Yep,” is all I say back as I make my way to the chair. I’m pretty tired already and I just need a breather before I embark on 'Frankieness'. He must sense my mood because he giggles at me.
    “Just gonna grab a couple things out of the bathroom. Be right back.”
    The sound of his boots goes clicking across the concrete floor.
    I’m still holding onto the envelope. Flipping it over, I run my fingers across the back, tearing the paper open. I figure I might as well check this out while I wait out for Frankie. Using my fingers to separate the envelope, I pinch the thick piece of paper inside, pulling it out slowly so I don’t rip it. Turning it over, I lose my breath as my eyes begin to burn with tears.
     

Chapter Four
     
    Sophia
     
    I can’t believe what I’m seeing. This has to be the best fucking thing any fan has ever given me. It’s a drawing of Dollar Settlement. Cory is at the top of the page, drawn with tattered angel wings spreading over all of us. His head is bent with his hands clasped together as if he were praying. The shadowing and shading are done flawlessly. It has me lying on my side on this Victorian sofa with my arm bent, holding up my head while my other arm drapes over my hips. I'm wearing a long, vintage, floor-length dress. Maybe they went a little overboard with my chest size. The rest of my guys are standing or crouching all around me wearing torn up suits with old script bleeding, 'Dollar Settlement' across the bottom of the page.
    “Whatcha looking at?” Frankie bends over my shoulder to get a peek. “Whoa,” he breathes. Wiping away a tear, I smile down at the amazing artwork.
    “Girl, this is unbelievable!" He points down at the drawing. "You need to get this framed.”
    “I know.”
    After checking it out for a moment longer trying to find initials or anything that might indicate who did this amazing sketch, I carefully slide it back into the envelope. Wiping my eyes one more time, I spin in the chair to face Frankie. I quirk my eyebrow up at him.
    “So, what’s this little idea you had?”
    His mouth goes into a tight smile before he steps back. Shrugging his shoulders as he flips his blond hair over his shoulder, he spins around and grabs a bottle off the table
    “I figure you will probably have to go out tonight,” he says with his back turned to me. “You know, put up with appearances and such with the