A girl wearing an Intern t-shirt ushers through a heavy-set man I don’t recognize and a woman I do. It’s Qwest, one of the hottest female rappers in the game. I don’t really listen to her music and have only seen her in a few videos, but she’s as compelling and beautiful in real life as she is on...
Unc had taught him well. If painting didn’t work out, there was a future for him in grilling. Hopefully, Jo would agree. He’d called her a few minutes ago on the intercom and gotten no answer. As much as he dreaded it, he would have to go to her room and wake her up. He st...
Walsh asked Kerris a fourth time, watching her eat her steak and snow peas like she hadn’t just emerged unscathed from a death match with Sofie in the ladies’ room. “Why wouldn’t I be?” Kerris took a bite of her potatoes. “Mmmm. These are delicious, baby. You got shafted w...
Jo’s voice snapped at Walsh through the phone. “Well, hello to you, too, cuz.” Walsh had to laugh. Jo was more growl than bite. “You’ve been AWOL for the past six weeks, ever since Cam got engaged. You missed the engagement party. You’ve left Brad, ...
I focus on the sticky caterpillar on my lip so that damned scent of Kai’s doesn’t take me under. What is that? I can’t just spend the fifteen-minute drive to her apartment sniffing the air. Like she doesn’t think I’m weird enough showing up at her job wearing one of my disguises. “So I guess you ...
proportions. I find myself the center of a storm of my own making, but over which I have no control. Kyle’s camp fired back literally within minutes of my video with denials and prepared statements. My parents have made no contact, other than a regretful message from Baker indicating that he has ...
I squeeze the bridge of my nose and roll my shoulders. Marlon’s project is almost done. Just these last few songs. The engineers are waiting to master the files, but I can’t stop tinkering with the mix on this Otis Redding sample. Well, that’s the one I’ve been working on the last hour or so. Bef...