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AxlThey’d been in Los Angeles for two weeks, sharing a motel room. His appointment with the music agent, Ralph Lawson, had gone well. He’d invited Axl to a music workshop, almost like a mass audition. It was organized by Calum Phillips, Ralph’s boss. The man was a musical genius when it came to signing new talent, putting bands together, and Axl felt extremely lucky to have been invited. Aspen was sitting in the second row, along with a host of other people.Stagehands were running around, yelling at each other about lights and the acoustics. Axl was in front of the stage with a mass of other musicians, all vying for the chance to be heard by Calum Phillips. His eyes found Aspen, and she gave him a bright smile and a thumbs-up sign. He gave her a smile and turned his attention back to the forms in front of him. He’d brought his own sheet music, but they were given five songs they could choose from to perform. Every person would get one minute to sing, and that was all you got to imp
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MeritHer lower lip trembled as she looked at Weston. Tears gathered in her eyes and she shook her head. Everything was falling apart.“You ruined my life.”“That’s a little dramatic, Merit, but expected, coming from you.” He was still standing next to the kitchen counter.“I’ve lost everything because of you,” she whispered.He chuckled, the sound dark and bitter. “You made a choice, Merit. You came to me. You wanted me to keep Axl out of jail and you offered up information on all your friends. You did that. You’re not a victim in this story, little girl. I would’ve kept Axl out of jail even without the information you traded.”Merit lowered her head. “He hates me.”“You did that to yourself. I never forced you to take your clothes off. It wasn’t even part of the deal, not that I’m complaining.”More tears welled up in her eyes and she sniffed. “How could you do all this to your sons?”“You did it to them, too. This thing between us will come to an end now. North is married, and Axl
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AspenNorth seemed almost reluctant to leave Charlotte alone with her, but Axl nudged his shoulder, and North nodded his head, having some unspoken conversation with Charlotte. She nodded her head, and gave him a smile.They sat on the couch in the living room, the air thick with tension. Aspen took a deep breath, and turned to look at Charlotte. She was looking around curiously, but to her surprise, there was a smile on Charlotte’s face.“This must have been something to get used to,” she said, and tucked her hair behind her ears. “But I think you’ve been happier here than at home.”Aspen smiled. “Actually, yes. Here I get coffee in bed.”Charlotte’s smile widened. “And you get Axl as eye candy.” Her eyes widened slightly, and she looked shocked at her own words. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to put it quite like that.”“It’s fine, I mean, you’re not wrong,” Aspen said. The humor came easily, and it surprised her how natural it felt to laugh in this space with Charlotte—someone she had o
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NorthHe looked at the group photo on his phone. Axl stood with his arm around Aspen’s shoulders, and they were all smiling, their eyes shining with excitement. The past two weeks had gone by so fast, and now they had graduated. Axl and Aspen were leaving soon, and he and Charlotte were packing their bags, as well. The picture felt unreal in his hand, like proof of a life that already belonged to another version of himself—one that had existed before contracts, cameras, rings, and carefully arranged smiles.He wanted to get out of Esperton, go somewhere they could relax before they had to settle in at Harvard. Charlotte had been accepted, as well, and she was going to study law. For the next few weeks though, they were free to do as they pleased. Free was a strange word these days—thin and fragile—but he clung to it anyway, the way people clung to the idea of daylight during a storm.Charlotte appeared in the doorway and cleared her throat. She’d been walking on eggshells the last two
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AxlHe stood watching Aspen as she slept, and he wondered if North was right. Did he love her? He shook his head. If he was being honest with himself, then he probably did, more than he should have. Merit had been right about one thing, he always jumped when it came to Aspen.The quiet of the trailer pressed in around him, broken only by the soft hum of the old refrigerator and the faint creak of cooling metal, and the stillness made his thoughts feel louder, heavier, harder to ignore.She shifted in her sleep and opened her eyes. She smiled when she saw him, and he walked into her room, and sat down on her bed. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, and shifted into a sitting position.Sunlight slipped through the thin curtain and painted pale stripes across her blanket, and for a brief moment, he allowed himself to believe that maybe this fragile calm could last.“What time is it?”“Almost time to get up,” he said.“So…where’s my coffee?”Axl chuckled. “I want you to come with me.”“To
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AxlHe barely looked up when North’s Jaguar came to a stop next to his car. The lake was quiet, and his breath fogged with every exhale. He’d left Aspen at the trailer, her heart broken by North once again, and he hated it. He hadn’t had time to tell her about Merit, and now, he wasn’t sure if he should.“Hey,” North said, as he sat down next to him at the picnic table.“What the hell’s going on, North?”North lowered his head, and when he finally looked up, Axl could see the pain and regret. He clasped North’s shoulder in his hand and squeezed. North wiped his eyes, and shook his head. “He made me sign a contract, Axl. I could’ve said no, but I chose not to.”“Who did he threaten?”“My mother and Aspen. He threatened them,” North said.“He’s also screwing Merit,” Axl said, and pulled his phone from his pocket. He found the video and pressed play before handing it to North. His fingers felt stiff as he unlocked the screen, the familiar motion suddenly heavy with something that tasted
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NorthHe could feel Charlotte breathing down his neck. She was everywhere, and he felt claustrophobic. She went home with him, and ate dinner with him. Francine had just given him a look, one he understood all too well. His father had left right after his meeting with Charlotte’s parents, not even
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AxlThe moment he closed his car door, the scowl returned to his face, and he sighed. Once again, he’d put everyone else first, and nobody even noticed that he wasn’t fine. Merit hadn’t noticed, and that didn’t sit well with him.His life had gone up in flames the previous night, and today he had t
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AxlThe stick’s locker was right next to his, and he could feel her eyes on him. He ignored it and exchanged his books for his third period class. When he closed his locker, she slid in front of him and leaned back against the metal. The move was deliberate, practiced, and confident—like she was us
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MeritShe’d struggled to fall asleep, every sound and scrape of a tree branch had her sitting upright, fearing the worst. The guest house felt too quiet, too separate from the main house, the walls unfamiliar and thin, as if danger could seep through them without warning. She knew Jackson was still
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