The Cross Family
A single guitar line filled the room—low, deliberate, unmistakably familiar.
Jayla’s hand stilled on the portafilter.
She didn’t need to look up at the small screen above the register to know whose voice followed.
Cameron’s.
Not the radio-polished version, not the stadium one. This was the voice she’d heard late at night in his apartment when he forgot he was famous and just sang.
I won’t carry you like a burden,
Won’t build a throne beneath your feet,
I’ll walk the fire right beside you,
If the ground won’t let you sleep.