Whisky Melody: Rock Star Romance, New Adult College Romance (Tennessee Romance Book 2) Read Free

foot on the pavement, narrowly missing the pile of chunky spew, and shook her head in disgust. Damn it! Why this? Why now? It was the last thing she wanted or needed to deal with. She still felt strange and disoriented from the raucous crowd, and she was angry, sad, worried, and pissed off about the blonde who had commandeered Logan. She was especially annoyed at Logan for letting the blonde bimbo monopolize him. She was mad at everyone and everything, but mostly she was angry with Kaylee for turning into some kind of major moron, a level of stupidity that couldn’t even be explained by being high or drunk.
    Kaylee gathered herself up, straightened her dress, and hissed, “You’re supposed to have my back!”
    Ashley ran her hands through her hair. “That’s exactly what I’m trying to do here,” she said. “I’m just sorry you can’t see it.”
    “How? By trying to get me to break up with my boyfriend?”
    “I don’t care if you break up with him or not! I just want you to stop trying to push what happened off on me. If this is how it’s gonna be every time you get drunk or high, tell me now, because I can’t deal with it. I won’t. I didn’t do anything wrong. It was a bad idea to throw that party, Kaylee, and being with him is an even worse one. Tonight, taking whatever the hell you took was a bad idea, but it seems you don’t want to listen to any good ideas.” She paused her rant for just a moment and took two deep breaths to calm herself. “Look, you’re my cousin, and I’ve always loved you, but something’s happening to you right now. It scares me, and it makes me worry about you.”
    Kaylee’s lips pooched out into a pout. “Don’t. I don’t need your concern. I’m fine.”
    But Ashley could see from a mile away that she wasn’t. After a sigh, she said, “Fine. You’re not my kid, and I can’t be your keeper. You’ll do whatever you want to do anyway and we both know it, so let’s get back to the heart of the matter. Are you gonna keep blaming me and throwing that in my face?”
    Kaylee shoved a lock of her hair behind one ear, then looked past Ashley and into the darkened lot. “I don’t know. I’m still pretty mad at you.”
    “But not at him, right?”
    Kaylee’s shoulders sagged. “I don’t know what I am with him.”
    Ashley could empathize with that. She shifted on her feet. Her body ached, and a yawn cracked her mouth wide open. She shook her head to clear it. “I get that. I don’t know what I am with Logan either. I mean, for all I know it could all end tomorrow.” Instantly she regretted the words, but she couldn’t unsay them. She cursed herself for speaking so impulsively.
    Kaylee offered her a weak smile. “I’m sorry. I don’t wanna blame you. I don’t. It’s just…”
    “It’s blame him or blame me, right?”
    Those words, as true as they were, didn’t help to close the chasm that was quickly developing between them, and like her previous words, as soon as they carelessly tumbled out of her mouth she wished she could take them back. It was too late for that, though.
    Kaylee shrugged. “I guess. Hey, you’d better probably get back in there.”
    Ashley glanced at the front of The Cave, wondering if she could possibly force herself back inside. She really didn’t want to. The excitement had died, replaced by a whistling hollow feeling.
    Kaylee staggered toward the front door with Ashley in tow, still trying to get her thoughts together.
     
     



CHAPTER TWO
     
    Logan was still on a natural high, a higher and more genuine high than any drug could have given him. The thrill had settled down deep in his bones, and it just kept growing. For the first time in a long time, his confidence in the band was unwavering. We can really do this! We’re going to do it! Shit! We’re actually gonna be rock stars!
    His eyes scanned the crowd, rolling over the girls in skinny jeans and black Whisky Lullaby shirts. He groaned when he realized he’d lost sight of