Chapter 31

Keira

I’m finally here.

We step into the final stages of songwriting and I still can’t believe this is real. But I’m here in the studio, my hands splayed over the console, and Ethan recording inside the booth. This is real.

With Ethan’s skills, we cover almost everything in a few hours. All that’s left are the adlibs, but the song is virtually finished.

For years I dreamed of this, and now it’s finally coming through. But it’s a shame we couldn’t finish it in time.

“You okay?”

I look up in surprise upon hearing Ethan’s voice loudly through the speakers. He had spoken into the microphone, looking at me through the glass partition with concern swimming in his eyes.

I hadn’t even realized that I was making any kind of expression. “Yeah, why?”

Ethan doesn’t answer but he fixes me with a look that tells me he doesn’t believe me one bit. With a soft grunt, he pulls the headphones off and places them on the stand.

“Stay there,” he says one last time into the microphone before he leaves the b