An Angel's Tail

Chapter 36

So, over the next few weeks, Honey dove into recording and mixing her songs. She was able to separate them into playlists, so she could put them on different albums. Each album had either its own theme, or it consisted of songs dedicated to one specific person. For example, all her lullabies were on an album. Then, she'd recorded an album of love songs for Brad. She'd also recorded an album of songs about her life, including an adorable song about her tail. You get the picture. We all pitched in to help create artwork for each album, burn them to discs, and this time, we were able to create booklets for each album, booklets containing several pictures, messages from her, and links to her social media pages, which would remain up regardless of if she did die or not. She wanted her music and her messages of love to always be available to people no matter what.

Unbeknownst to her, we also teamed up to set up a solo concert for her. Brad called the theater we performed at for St. Patrick's Day to book a solo show for her. They were thrilled to have her return, but after Brad explained the circumstances to them, they instantly decided to let her perform there for free. There would be no tickets sold. It would be a free concert, and she was given as much time as she wanted to perform. Gosh, they were so nice! When we broke the news to her, she was in tears from pure joy. We made sure to run enough copies of each album for anyone and everyone who wanted them. They were all made into box sets. It was very expensive, but this time, we could pay for part of it, as well as my dad and Michelle, who were more than happy to chip in. Michelle even set up a GoFundMe page, and the amount of generosity from people who loved Honey, both personally and from afar, was beyond astounding yet not at all surprising. We paid for an advertisement for her concert, and the venue also advertised it on their website and social media pages.

On the day of the concert, the theater was packed full of fans who were excited to see Honey performing again. On the merchandise table in the lobby, there was a huge box filled with copies of the box set albums. Next to the large box was a stack of photos of Honey wearing a glittery rainbow onesie, just like the one she wore at our first sleepover when we were little, except this was an adult-sized onesie... obviously, and a matching tail warmer. She wore the same onesie and tail warmer for the concert, as well as a pair of beautiful, white, sparkling slippers.

"You guys," Honey cried as she finished applying her makeup backstage, "thank you so much. You have no idea what this means to me. I love all of you so much."

"Awww, we do know, Sweetie," Kitty said, giving her a hug.

"You get out there, and sing your heart out," said Kelly as she, too, hugged Honey.

"And, my tail," Honey joked with a cute giggle.

"Yes, sing your tail off, too," Kelly replied with a grin.

Then, Honey turned to me, and threw her arms around me. "Come here, Baby." She hugged me tightly and kissed my cheek. "I love you so much. You are my inspiration. Don't ever forget that."

"I love you, too," I said, trying to hold back tears, and thankfully, succeeding.

"Okay," Kelly whispered, "it's time."

Honey skipped out onto the stage as Brad finished his introduction.

"Here she is," he said, "the amazing Honey Candy!"

Everyone cheered and applauded loudly as she took center stage, and grabbed hold of the microphone. "Hi, everyone!" she greeted so cheerfully. She giggled as they continued cheering. "Awwww, thank you so much! You guys are the sweetest!"

Everyone calmed down to listen to her speak.

"I wanna thank my amazing parents and my wonderful boyfriend and my incredible besties for putting this together for me, and I also wanted to thank everyone here, the theater employees and everyone who works here... and you guys, all of you. Everyone has been so amazing in making my dream a reality. I've always wanted to have my own show, and not because I wanted to be rich or famous. None of that ever mattered to me. It was the music and being able to share it with people all over the world. I just wanted to make a difference. I write songs about love and kindness and friendship and self love... and they all come straight from my heart. I mean every word I sing, because..." She brushed a few tears away. "I love everybody in the world, every single person, every animal, every living being, so, so much... even the worst people. I don't believe for one second that certain people don't deserve love. I've never believed that. Everyone deserves love..." She began to cry. "Everybody does, and I wish I could wrap my arms and my tail around every single person... and sing to them... and tell them how much I love them, how special and beautiful they are, that they matter, and I just... I love them so much. I want everybody to feel loved. So... every song I'm performing for you this afternoon is straight from my heart, and they are all for you. I hope you will feel so loved, because I, honest-to-God, love all of you so much, with all my heart... and my tail, too." She giggled through her tears.