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suppose.”
The subject needed to change before he asked me why I was into Sadie. Her public fondling and constant ‘he's so great’ attitude was over the top, and I was not looking forward to how big of a douchebag I was going to have to pretend to be to match her sentiments.
“Shouldn't be surprised. We are talking about Sadie Sinclair,” he added. “She's pretty quick to jump into relationships.”
I'd seen the list of guys Sadie had been associated with. Turned out the rumors were more true than false.
“So what did you want to talk about? New songs?”
“Yeah,” he said, pulling out his phone. “I didn't want to say anything in front of Sadie, because nothing has been finalized yet, but I'm looking to do a duet. My dad thinks it would be a good crossover for us, but I'm not sure. It's a love song, and I can't imagine that Sadie and I would have the chemistry I think the song needs. You can't fake that.”
You most absolutely can.
“What I really wanted from you was to see if you had any suggestions on production.”.
Landry Westwood wanted my opinion? To say I was shocked was an understatement. Even though, deep down, I knew it was only a matter of time before people caught on to the fact that I did indeed know what I was doing, I just thought it would take a little more time. Maybe I'd underestimated my awesomeness. He asked for my email address to forward the track over. He punched my number in after that and said that he'd call me to see what I thought.
“I'll give it a listen.” I could have given him a few pointers on exactly how to fake chemistry. “So if you could sing it with anyone, who would it be?” I asked, curious to see if Landry and I were as musically compatible as I had hoped.
“That's tough. There are a lot of great singers out there. It's a damn shame that Gianna Grayson decided to quit singing,” he said, catching me off guard by bringing up the woman who had been in the back of my mind all night. “She would have been a perfect match for this one. Her voice is fucking amazing.”
“Decided to quit?” This was a revelation. “I assumed she never made it.”
“Oh, she could have. Had a huge deal lined up with my dad. But walked away.” He shrugged. “I'd always heard that she just got tired of the spotlight and couldn't handle the pressure. There was a while I was sure that she was going to zoom right past me and Sadie.”
“Hmmm.” I nodded. “That's interesting.” I started to think about what Gia had said to me the other day about me not knowing a damn thing about her. It was true. I didn't, but for reasons unknown to me, I wanted to. Maybe Landry could give me some insight. “So what happened?”
He hesitated a moment. I looked him in the eyes, because that's what you do when you're trying to gain someone's trust. You look them right in the goddamned eyes and show that you're invested in what they are thinking or saying. Even if you're just fishing for information. It must have worked, because his demeanor lightened and he started talking.
“Seven years ago, when we were all coming up, we were all thick as thieves. We hung out all the time. Me, Gia, Sadie, Sheena Lawson, and a few other youngsters. There were lots of wild nights, if you know what I mean.” He chuckled.
It made perfect sense that they would have all been friends. All the same age. All in the industry. I kind of remember seeing things about them in the press—the new generation's Brat Pack. Of course, that's about the time Lila and I had been fighting tooth and nail to find a way out of the Chicago slums. Not much time for celebrity gossip.
“I thought Gia was going to be the one who hit it big. Things started to get super competitive. We were all fighting for that spotlight. Then one day she was just…gone.”
I scratched my head. “I don’t get it. What would make anyone give up a chance like that?” I would have given my left nut, my first born—anything—to make it in the
The subject needed to change before he asked me why I was into Sadie. Her public fondling and constant ‘he's so great’ attitude was over the top, and I was not looking forward to how big of a douchebag I was going to have to pretend to be to match her sentiments.
“Shouldn't be surprised. We are talking about Sadie Sinclair,” he added. “She's pretty quick to jump into relationships.”
I'd seen the list of guys Sadie had been associated with. Turned out the rumors were more true than false.
“So what did you want to talk about? New songs?”
“Yeah,” he said, pulling out his phone. “I didn't want to say anything in front of Sadie, because nothing has been finalized yet, but I'm looking to do a duet. My dad thinks it would be a good crossover for us, but I'm not sure. It's a love song, and I can't imagine that Sadie and I would have the chemistry I think the song needs. You can't fake that.”
You most absolutely can.
“What I really wanted from you was to see if you had any suggestions on production.”.
Landry Westwood wanted my opinion? To say I was shocked was an understatement. Even though, deep down, I knew it was only a matter of time before people caught on to the fact that I did indeed know what I was doing, I just thought it would take a little more time. Maybe I'd underestimated my awesomeness. He asked for my email address to forward the track over. He punched my number in after that and said that he'd call me to see what I thought.
“I'll give it a listen.” I could have given him a few pointers on exactly how to fake chemistry. “So if you could sing it with anyone, who would it be?” I asked, curious to see if Landry and I were as musically compatible as I had hoped.
“That's tough. There are a lot of great singers out there. It's a damn shame that Gianna Grayson decided to quit singing,” he said, catching me off guard by bringing up the woman who had been in the back of my mind all night. “She would have been a perfect match for this one. Her voice is fucking amazing.”
“Decided to quit?” This was a revelation. “I assumed she never made it.”
“Oh, she could have. Had a huge deal lined up with my dad. But walked away.” He shrugged. “I'd always heard that she just got tired of the spotlight and couldn't handle the pressure. There was a while I was sure that she was going to zoom right past me and Sadie.”
“Hmmm.” I nodded. “That's interesting.” I started to think about what Gia had said to me the other day about me not knowing a damn thing about her. It was true. I didn't, but for reasons unknown to me, I wanted to. Maybe Landry could give me some insight. “So what happened?”
He hesitated a moment. I looked him in the eyes, because that's what you do when you're trying to gain someone's trust. You look them right in the goddamned eyes and show that you're invested in what they are thinking or saying. Even if you're just fishing for information. It must have worked, because his demeanor lightened and he started talking.
“Seven years ago, when we were all coming up, we were all thick as thieves. We hung out all the time. Me, Gia, Sadie, Sheena Lawson, and a few other youngsters. There were lots of wild nights, if you know what I mean.” He chuckled.
It made perfect sense that they would have all been friends. All the same age. All in the industry. I kind of remember seeing things about them in the press—the new generation's Brat Pack. Of course, that's about the time Lila and I had been fighting tooth and nail to find a way out of the Chicago slums. Not much time for celebrity gossip.
“I thought Gia was going to be the one who hit it big. Things started to get super competitive. We were all fighting for that spotlight. Then one day she was just…gone.”
I scratched my head. “I don’t get it. What would make anyone give up a chance like that?” I would have given my left nut, my first born—anything—to make it in the
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