Chapter 16
Maggie
Goodbye Phoenix.
How had I said those words last night? I splashed cold water on my face from the sink and wished it could wash away what I’d done.
Phoenix still starred in my dreams. If he was on the level, maybe I was a fool.
He said he loved me.
I didn’t make that up. I wish I knew what to do.
I walked out of the bathroom and toward my assigned practice room with the band.
Today felt like the worst day in my life already, and it hadn’t even started.
But I warmed up as the band rehearsed. The love song they’d given me just made me think about Phoenix, but it didn’t matter.
When the band and I broke, I intended to get breakfast. But the nice judge came in and said, “I just came to your rehearsals to talk to you.”
I grabbed my now-lukewarm tea with lemon for my
