Chapter 15
Phoenix
The judges had gotten it right, for once. I showered as if I’d been on the stage earlier and not on my couch. I could feel the bright lights burn through my skin even though I hadn’t been there.
Maggie had been amazing and the judges had finally acknowledged her brilliance.
Mark’s text caught my attention the moment I stepped out of the shower and checked my phone on the sink counter.
The studio wanted me to write a Christmas love song. An all-new romantic Christmas duet.
I pulled on the cotton pajama pants I wore around the house and wished it had been Maggie who’d called.
I missed her the most right now and wished I could hold her in my arms. Instead, I settled into my studio and wrote out a composition that sprang from my heart.
As I worked on the second bridg
