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Chapter 13: The Man Behind the Rock Star
Montana
When the limo stops at our hotel, I breathe a sigh of relief. Crowds are not waiting for us. One by one, we climb from the back. Eli and Warner require help, having had much more alcohol than the rest of us.
“The poker tables will have to wait until tomorrow.” Meredith informs Warner. Surprisingly he puts up no fight.
“Party in the penthouse,” Eli cheers.
“Count me out,” Carson replies. “I will walk Montana and Peyton to their room then write lyrics in my room the rest of the night.”
“Actually, if it’s alright with you,” Peyton places her hands on my shoulders, “I’d like to join them in the penthouse for a while.”
Her green eyes search mine while pleading for me to agree. When I nod, she kisses me on the cheek.
“You’re the best.” Then, she turns to Carson. “You’ll see she’s safe in the room?”
“Of course,” he promises, his hand taking mine.
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” I warn Peyton
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Montana “With that settled,” Peyton starts, “look at these photos I took last night.”Her fingers scroll through photo after photo. Unimpressed, Meredith leaves the room. Eli pauses beside Carson.“Here.” He places his palm flat upon Carson’s chest. “It’ll work. The two of you, I mean. Watch this, and you’ll believe like we do.” His index finger moves between Peyton and him.When he pulls his palm from Carson’s chest, I see he’s given him a flash drive.“What’s this…?” Carson asks.“It’s a video of last night.” Eli grins.A video of our wedding. I’ll need to thank him for recording it. As we can’t remember, it’s our only window into the ceremony, our vows, and our drunken behaviors last night.“Can you send me the photos?” Carson asks Peyton. “Montana has my number.”It seems he’s as eager as I am to relive last night.“Watch the video. I’ll head to our room and send the pics to Montana.”
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