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Marshall was mid-show at this club in New York when fire broke out, sending all the occupants in a frenzy out of the building. Thankfully, no patrons were injured and we have heard from the band’s rep that they’re all safe as well. They are starting their downtime early, the rep said…”
    I watch as the show flips through stills of the club, smoke coming from the open doors and windows, and people standing all over. They show a quick ten second video of the band playing just as the fire was noticed. It was taken with a cellphone.
    My beautiful songbird freezes and looks down to the crowd. I follow her eyes…she’s looking at me. The video was obviously taken from behind me. It shows Josh rush to me, then someone scoops her into their arms and takes her off stage. I didn’t see her again that night.
    “NYFD determined that the fire started in a bathroom garbage can, and they believe it may be arson. More to come…over to you, Brad!” The camera pans to a young bald man in a short sleeved shirt wearing a red bowtie.
    “No way…” I whisper quietly after listening to the report. “Couldn’t have been her there, too.”
    My first instinct is to call Riley. But, considering it’s after eleven, she’ll probably kick my ass, and her husband would lose it. I don’t blame him. If I were him, I’d lock her indoors.
    I’ll just have to wait until the morning when I see her to tell her about the New York fire. Then again, I don’t want to freak her out, especially if she thinks the Buffalo fire was really just a bunch of shithead kids.
    I fall back on the bed, sighing with frustration. My mind wanders back to the hypnotic singer, and my hand finds itself in my pants again.
     
     

CHAPTER SIX
     
    Leah
    My body bumped up from the jostling of the turbulence. I must have fallen asleep during the last of my flight. Sleepily, I open my eyes and glance around the cabin; it seems everyone else has dozed off during the late night journey as well.
    I needed this. I need the getaway…the normalcy…the old Leah. Even if it’s just for a week. My life has been a whirlwind since the band started to become more and more popular.
    It still didn’t seem real. Sometimes I had to recheck my ID just to make sure I was actually the same person I was two years ago. No need for it today though, I knew who I was, and where I was headed.
    I missed my girls. Even if I’m only going to be able to spend time with two of them, it’ll be worth every second. Our lives have changed so dramatically in the last three years.
    Addison left home, met Blaine, got married, and very babied.
    Riley…well, she was still her. Underneath the wedding ring, the kids and the lack of heels, she was still the same girl I’ve always known.
    Zoe and Camille have been in France for the last thirteen months. They are writing a series of fictional books about Versailles, and they’ve invested all their time and money into the project.
    I’m happy for all of them. I just never thought this is where we would all be when I had thought of our futures all those years ago. I remember writing in Addison’s yearbook that she and I were going to fly to Hawaii and win a real hip-shaking competition at a real luau…not some cheap one we held victorious at a club in Augusta. One that we got in to using fake IDs that Zoe’s older sister go for us.
    When Addison left, it was hard. Knowing why she tore out of Maine, and the fact that Jacob got to stay. She left it all behind, and I didn’t blame her. Her life now, is perfect, I’m sure of it.
    Riley surprised us all. I choked on my mimosa the morning after her first encounter with Alex. “No effing way, Ry…” I had said, completely shocked and a tad jealous. Alex was hot, even for a kid.
    The pilot made his announcement that we were about to land at the airport in Sheridan, and I leaned back into my seat and exhaled slowly while the plane made its descent.
    I hated to fly. But, with the music scene, it was