Spotlight

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Sarah moves around the living room and makes some last-minute adjustments to ensure that there's nothing identifiable in the background before making sure her phone and laptop are ready for Instagram live. She can only hope that Bobby will be entertained by her chew toy for the duration and not bark or make her presence known during the stream.

"I'm about to go live Mom."

Pam yells downstairs, "Okay. Let me know when you're done."

"Will do."

Hearing the bedroom door close upstairs, Sarah gets herself situated on a chair with her trusty guitar in it's stand beside her and a partially drank cup of tea on the opposite side of her. Opening the app and screen, she can't help but be a bit nervous as she clicks on the go live option and then watches her screen begin to fill up with notifications from her fans and followers as they find their way on to watch and listen to her.

Reading the notifications as they pop up or at least trying to read some of them, she can't help but laugh at a few comments.

"Yes, you are seeing a record collection on the wall behind me."

"I have many favourites, Dolly, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, there's so many! I could go on forever. But I should get started now; I promise that I'll stick around afterwards and answer a few more questions."

She grabs her tea and sips on it before smiling and waving at the screen.

"Hi, everyone! Thanks for being here. I know I'd promised that I'd be singing one of my new songs tonight, however, there's been a change of plans ..." She pauses for a little dramatic effect before continuing, "... instead, I'm going to be singing two!" She chuckles as she says it. "First up, we've got Window. This song is a reminder that things and people aren't always as they appear and that there's two sides to every story. Enjoy!"

Sarah reaches over and straps on her guitar playing and singing the song that very mildly implies that her relationship with Dave wasn't always what it was made out to be and he wasn't the person for her.

When she is done singing, she reads the comments, smiles and nods. "Exactly! If you're not happy with your relationship or the person you're with, prioritize yourself and move on."

In Sandy, Utah, Abby is laying on the bed of her hotel room and watching in as her wife is live. She can't help but smile when she notices Sarah playing with the ring on her finger as she knows it's her wife's way of letting her know she's thinking of her.

"She looks really good, Abs."

"Shh!"

Sam laughs, "Wow, should I be hanging out in the bathroom with my noise cancelling headphones on later? Because, you're starting to sound like someone who needs some action."

Abby turns and looks at Sam, "Is that your way of saying I'm being bitchy?"

Sam smiles and nods, "Yep and I'm not the only one who's commented about you being out of sorts the last few days."

Abby chuckles, "I will admit to missing her and I wouldn't be opposed to having some alone time with her later."

Sam chuckles and nods as they continue to watch the stream on their respective devices.

Sarah jumps at the sound of Bobby barking and instinctively yells, "No barking!" before realizing it's now going to lead to questions.

Abby lets out a loud, "Oh crap! She was really hoping not to have to mention anything about me, Bobby or her family."

Sam looks at her friend and then begins typing on the screen.

"Yes. I do have a dog."

"I'm definitely more of a dog person then a cat one."