The Bodyguard’s Siren
Another is jotting something down on a legal pad, pen scratching softly, traitorously loud.
I immediately regret everything.
Why did I bring this song?
Why did I think it was a good idea to let them hear something that feels more like a confession than a track? I warned myself on the drive here—don’t flinch, don’t apologize, don’t explain it away before they even hear it—and yet here I am, rehearsing excuses in my head.
It’s too simple, they’re going to say. Too stripped down. Too quiet.
Too honest.
I glance down at the guitar, thumb brushing the worn edge of the pickguard. Gio had sat on the couch the night I finished it, pretending to read while I worked out the bridge. He hadn’t said a wo
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