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elbow.
    He shrugs sheepishly . “Fine.” Turning towards Hunter he adds, “Sorry, man.”
    “Thank you.”
    “Scott, is Patti able to meet us in Chicago also?”
    “ Not sure yet,” he responds, as his body ridiculously makes the same motions his hands are making on the video controller. “Damn it, Hunter…I quit!”
    “You’re such a pussy . Man up and fight back.” Hunter says, as he simultaneously unleashes another round of gunfire, taking Scott’s last life. Hunter bursts out laughing when Scott throws the remote at him.
    “ Fuck off.”
    Their crude comments no longer faze me in the least.
    Scott gets up off the couch and slides into the booth across from us. Shaking his head at Hunter, he finishes his earlier statement. “Patti’s work schedule is nuts. She’s hoping to meet us in Chicago, but won’t know for a few days.”
    I feel for him. Touching his arm across the table, I try to make him feel better. “I’m sorry, Scott.”
    He blushes and shrugs. “It sucks, but iChat comes in handy.”
    Trey stands and announces, “You assholes are driving me crazy. No offense, Leila.” Trey leaves the bus and doesn’t look back.
    “ What the hell is eating him?” Jack asks Scott. Trey is a man of few words, but something is definitely bothering him.
    “He’s been going through some crap. He won’t say, b ut we think it has to do with Lori.”
    “Really , how do you know?” I wonder if Lori admitted anything to Trey regarding Matt.
    “He was on the phone with her yesterday and it didn’t end well.”
    That girl has a lot of explaining to do.
    “Leila, do you think she would come out and meet us?”
    “I don’t know , Scott. I can ask her.”
    I pull out my phone and quickly text Lori.
    Still want to talk to you. Also can you meet us anytime soon?
    My phone immediately buzzes with a response.
    I’m t oo busy. I’ll text you a time we can chat tomorrow.
    “Um, s he is crazy busy with Cliffhangers and can’t get away right now. She said she’ll talk to me tomorrow.”
    Jack watches me skeptically, but doesn’t comment. Leaning down, he whispers, “Wanna take a nap?” He pulls my earlobe between his lips to convey his true intentions. Throwing him an exasperated look, he responds with an innocent, “What?”
    “ We have less than an hour.”
    “So, it will be a quick nap.” He quips.
    I glance at Hunter and Scott. Jack follows my gaze and argues, “They don’t care. They probably rather we disappear.”
    “They’d rather you disappear.”
    “Smartass.”
    “Quit acting like we can’t hear the two of you. Jack’s right, get lost.”
    Jack shrugs and says, “See?”
    “ This tour will be our demise, because they are going to kill us.” I nod towards our unhappy band mates.
    “It’ll be worth it.”
    Sliding out of the booth and pulling me with him, he announces, “We are going to go take a nap.”
    Hunter looks up from his game and smirks, “Just keep it down, please.”
     
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    Lying in bed, I thought Jack dozed off, until he suddenly asks, “What’s going on with Lori?”
    “Why?” I ask , confused.
    “ You looked like you knew something out there when you texted her. I can tell.”
    “Really?” I ask, looking up at him.
    He nods , “I know your faces.”
    “ Lori broke it off with Trey the night of our opening show. She didn’t want to pine away for him while he was traveling the country. Plus, Lori was dead set on getting Cliffhangers discovered and is not taking her role as agent lightly.”
    Watching me closely, he adds, “I get that…and?”
    “And what?”
    “There’s more.”
    “Jeez, how do you know?”
    Shrugging , he waits for my response.
    “Matt is chasing Lori.”
    “Matt is chasing Lori? When did that happen?” he asks, looking completely shocked.
    “ I’m not sure Trey knows about that part. Lori has wanted Matt for years. After I broke up with him she asked if I would mind, which of course I didn’t. The problem was Matt