Chapter 31

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Ashanté didn't bother to drink ahead of time, knowing she could get anything she wanted at the bar and they wouldn't card her.

What she didn't expect was a new rule prohibiting performers from drinking until after the show.

She also didn't anticipate a packed house, but Vern had spent the week promoting the event around town.

Bryce and Maverick sat at a table near the front, with a woman Ashanté assumed was Mav's wife.

Holy fuck, this is too much pressure. No way I can do this without a drink.

Maybe Vern could get something for her. While the band set up the instruments, she wandered around looking for him.

Idiot. He was their manager; he should've been with them at all times. The show was supposed to start in ten minutes, and she still needed to set up her guitars. So where the hell could he be?

It was then that she saw Scarlett Pratt sitting in a booth full of sorority twats in the back of the room.

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