A Song For Us (Fallen Tuesday Book Two) (A Brothers of Rock Novel) Read Online Free PDF Page A

can.”
    “Thank you,” Gray said. “You bring
any guitars?”
    Gray smiled and Mack clapped his
hands together as he laughed. “That’s what I like to hear.”
    “And yes, we did,” Luke said. “We
got a nice hotel.”
    “Let me check on things with Peter.
I have something to do at his apartment though.”
    “Can we help?” Luke asked.
    “No,” Gray said. “Sorry. I need to
take care of something alone. Give me the name of the hotel and I’ll meet up
with you there. Okay?”
    “You sure about this?” Mack asked.
    “Positive,” Gray said. “Thank you
guys for coming here to see me. I needed it. I’m looking forward to tonight. We
can jam and have some drinks.”
    “I second that,” Mack said.
    Luke looked at Mack and nodded.
“I’ll be there in a second.”
    Mack, Jake, and Trent hugged Gray
and then walked away. Gray looked at Luke and saw the look in his eyes. That
deeply concerned look. It wasn’t all that long ago that Gray had the same look
in his eyes when Luke was going about his rockstar life, hiding his serious
throat problem from the band.
    “You sure you’re okay?” Luke asked.
    “I don’t know how to answer that,”
Gray said. “Look at the situation around me.”
    “What I mean is… I hope you know
it’s not your battle to fight. It’s not your problem to fix. I don’t want to be
an ass here, Gray, but I don’t want you to fall apart because of someone else.”
    Gray nodded. “I appreciate the
honesty. All I’m doing right now, Luke, is trying to see if my brother is going
to live or die. And I’m trying to find my peace in it all. I checked up on him
a lot. He was doing well. Then he wasn’t. It started with a drink here and there
until he finally began to spiral. Then I let him have it one night on the
phone. Tore into him, thinking I was going to wake him the hell up. But I think
all I did was push him.”
    Luke touched both of Gray’s
shoulders. “This is not your fault, Gray. I hope you don’t let any guilt get to
you. That shit is like a virus. It spreads and spreads and spreads. As far as
the band goes, we aren’t getting much done without one of our guitarists. I’m
not saying that to pressure you into leaving. I’m saying that to make sure you
understand and remember you have people who care about you. We’re waiting,
Gray, and we’ll wait as long as we have to.”
    “Thanks,” Gray said.
    Luke gave Gray the name of the
hotel and then after a quick hug, he walked away.
    Gray was alone again and he hated
that feeling. He really did.
    He went into the hospital and took
the elevator to his brother’s floor. Walking the halls of the hospital made
Gray feel even lonelier. The only sound was the hit of his shoes to the floor.
When he arrived to his brother’s room, the door opened and a nurse came walking
out. It was one of three nurses Gray had come to recognize. Her name was Laura.
    “Oh, hello there,” Laura said. She
looked to be in her forties, tall and thin, bright blue eyes, and each time she
spoke to Gray, there was a little flush in her cheeks. She had made it no secret
that she knew who Gray was and that she did listen to Fallen Tuesday.
    “Hey,” Gray said. “Just stopping in
for a visit.”
    “Of course. Nothing’s changed.
He’s…”
    Gray nodded. “Okay. Did doctors see
him today?”
    “I’ll check his chart for you. If
they did it was just to monitor him for a little bit. There’s not much
happening right now. He’s going to have to make the decision before he passes
it along to you.”
    “Passes it to me?”
    “Well, I mean if you have a plan for
him,” Laura said. “This is something we shouldn’t be talking about. I’m sorry.”
    “You mean if I wanted to pull the
plug?”
    Laura frowned and nodded. “Not that
I think it will happen.”
    “But it’s a possibility,” Gray
said.
    “Anything is a possibility.”
    “Even for an addict like my
brother?”
    “Anything,” Laura said.
    Gray swallowed and took in a