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I’m alone right now and I’m really not sure what to do. I don’t really want to unpack. We’re only staying one night. And I’m not even sure which of the bedrooms I’m supposed to be sleeping in. Are there other women on the tour? Maybe I’m staying with a hairdresser or makeup artist? Something like that?
    I grab the book I was reading on the plane and take a seat on an overstuffed leather couch. I sink into it much further than I thought I would. I feel like the couch is trying to consume me. I’m sure I look like a little kid sitting in a grown-up chair for the first time.
    I’m just starting to doze off when I hear the door to the suite open. I panic for a moment until I remember where I am.
    Glancing up, I see Nic Rayne looking down at me. “You made it.”
    He’s got an odd expression on his face. Like he’s not sure what to make of me. Every time I’m around him I feel more like a specimen than an actual person. Like I’m some strange creature that’s just been discovered that he needs to study.
    I jump from the couch. I’m not sure if it’s okay that I was doing some pleasure reading. It probably wasn’t okay that I was starting to fall asleep. We haven’t had a chance to discuss any of the expectations Nic has for me while I’m on tour.
    “What are you reading?” He glances down at the book in my hand.
    “It’s not job related. I started it on the plane and I thought I might finish it.”
    To my surprise he grabs the book from my hand. “ The Alchemist . That’s pleasure reading for you? No Fifty Shades of Grey ?”
    I shrug. I’m not sure what to say. “I like all kinds of books . I read a lot.”
    “Me too.” He hands me back my book. I’m not sure why I’m so taken off-guard. It’s everything. Him having a key to the room. Him walking in on me almost asleep. That he likes to read.
    “Have you read Coelho’s book The Pilgrimage ?”
    I shake my head.
    “You should. I think it’s even better than The Alchemist . It was his first book. He wrote it in 1987. It’s about his personal pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.”
    I can feel my jaw drop. I’m not sure why I’m so surprised , but I am. Brad said that Nic was smart but maybe part of me didn’t believe him.
    “I’ll put it on my to-be-read list.”
    “If I had my copy with me, I’d give it to you.”
    “You have a key to this room?” I glance at the key card in his hand.
    He laughs. “Of course. I’m staying here.”
    “What?” My eyes widen in response and I can feel the air being squeezed from my lungs. Nic and I can’t be staying in the same suite. Can we? How? Why? I can feel a few beads of sweat start to run down my forehead.
    “You wanted to be embedded with the band. To get an exclusive inside story. What better place to do that than in my suite?”
    My knees turn to jelly . In fact my whole body goes limp. I’m not sure if I should sit down because I feel like I might pass out.
    “I thought embedded meant being on the front line with the troops.” I didn’t realize I was practically going to be in Nic’s bedroom.
    “This is the front line. This is party central. This is where you’ll see all of the action.”
    I’m not sure how much action I actually want to see. I wish there was a giant rock somewhere that I could crawl under.
    “We can put your suitcase in one of the bedrooms.” He reaches for my bag and laughs. “What have you got in here?”
    “Just clothes and a few books.”              
    “A few books? It feels like you packed a library.”
    I try to grab the suitcase from him but he pulls it away. “Why didn’t Brad put this in your room?”
    “I wasn’t sure which bedroom was mine.” And I have a feeling he didn’t want to be the one to tell me I was staying in Nic’s suite.
    “You know you can ask him for anything. He’s your assistant too while we’re on the road.”
    I nod.
    He smirks. “Even tampons.”
    I can feel my face getting