Chapter 10
Maggie
Until today I had no idea how much I wanted to know about Phoenix’s past. I ignored my desire to win and forgot my doubts about him in those moments.
But after meeting his parents, I think I understood him a little better.
While I had my parents, Phoenix had his agent, an uncle, an aunt and some cousins who took him in and didn’t steal from him.
Part of me wondered what living without parents might be like. Mine loved me, and didn’t steal from me. But they kept me in that small town and living in their basement for too long.
I was here to change all that and win.
It was extraordinary and commendable that Phoenix had straightened himself out.
At least, it would be, if he wasn’t using me, and if he really meant what he said about not taking profits from our recordin
