Lilah Bennett has always had an ear for the subtle notes-the crackle of a vintage record, the slight hesitation in a customer's voice, the hidden layers of a classic soul track. But she can't quite place the melody of the man who keeps appearing at her counter. He has a face that haunts her like a song on the tip of her tongue and a grace that feels inherited from a legend. When he suddenly stops coming in, leaving her with a vague promise and an empty shop, the silence is deafening until she sees his face on every screen in the country. Now that the world knows him as Jaafar Jackson, the lead in the new Michael biopic, Lilah is left wondering if the "different" girl he saw in the record shop can exist in the shadow of his new, global reality.
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