Désobéissance - Palaye Royale

Chapter 12

XII

NEW CONTACT...

The doors of "La Cigale" will close soon. The organizers of the competition invite us to head for the exit. I make sure that the precious piece of paper Kylie just gave me is still in my pocket.

"I don't know if it's consoling to know that we almost won the first place..." Ellie told us, taking a pack of cigarettes out of her bag.

"At least that proves that they have a minimum of good taste!" Said Carole.

"I admit that at one point I really believed in it!" Maxine adds.

"They don't know what they're missing, believe me." Matt tells us.

"You stay very silent quiet..." Ellie points out to me.

"Yes that's true... What could Kylie have said to you that made you keep silent for a while?" Adds Maxine.

"Don't you have a secret date with a certain Emerson Barrett tonight?" Carole asks me.

"Ah! I knew it!" A voice shouts from behind us.

Allison and her minions. Just what we need...

"Jeez what's your problem!" Launches Maxine with a dark look.

"Maybe you're not that good if he didn't manage to elect you at they guest on tour"

"What do you want?"

She really wants the evening to end in a fight, seriously.

"Personally, I don't want to end the night in the ER or whatever, so be cute and leave us alone once and for all!" I said.

"Like you want! We'll see you in a few weeks on the whining groupie forums that Emerson cowardly drops after every tour!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh please! Don't be so naive! Everyone knows their reputation as a womanizer!"

"Lexie, don't listen to her!" Ellie told me. "She's just jealous that she didn't get his attention."

I'm just starting to wonder if it's a good thing to have "captured his attention" as Ellie says. I decide to put an end myself to this conversation which leads nowhere, if it is not to a fight.

"Well, obviously you are just as disappointed as we are not to have won, but it's totally useless to continue to mess with us. We'll probably never see each other again in our lives (and so much the better), so let's try to make sure that the evening ends well for you and us."

"I was just keeping you in the loop that's all!"

"Yes, well now that you have "warned" me, you can go away, thank you!"

They end up moving away for good, whispering things in their ears.

"Damn, it's not good to have ladies enemy in the music industry!" Matt ends up saying.

"We should have asked them which Palaye Royale concert they're going to go, so as not to choose the same one." Adds Ellie.

"Well at worst, it's heartbreaking, but they will leave with a dark eye and that's it!" Said Carole.

"Okay, now that those bitches are gone, can you tell us what Kylie told you?" Maxine asks me.

I take Emerson's note from my pocket.