“They can come on the road.” Cary shrugged. “We’ve got our own bus.”
“Yeah, sounds like a blast. Screaming kid, no sleep, diaper blowouts in the green room. Real rock and roll.”
Cary sighed. Vegas was right. The road wasn’t meant for raising a family. And he couldn’t ask Tyler to quit her job or play stay-at-home mom unless she wanted to.
“On second thought,” he said, “maybe I will take some time off.”
“I’ve been telling you that for years.”
“Yeah, well, I didn’t have a reason before.” He looked down at his cards, a slow grin spreading. “Now I do.”
CHAPTER 31
TYLER
The awards show weekend was Tyler’s least favorite time of year. Sebastien paraded the SDM team around to prove he was still thriving and relevant. He’d even sprung for business-class seats—using points, of course. This year, he was going all out since Cary Kingston was receiving the Lifetime Achievement award and being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ever the opportunist, Sebastien knew the optics mattered.
Tyler had some time to kill when she arrived at the hotel in Saskatoon. Cary’s flight wasn’t arriving until later that afternoon, so she called Dylan on FaceTime.
“What’s up?” her sister asked, lowering the phone to her belly.
“Oh! I can see the bump! How do you feel?”
“A little tired but pretty good, in general.” Dylan brought the phone up to her face. “Where are you? Where’s the little panda?”
“I’m in Saskatoon. I dropped Rory off at the Rex Dog Hotel. The little stinker didn’t even look back when I left.”
Dylan inched the phone closer. “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah. I haven’t talked to you since I was in Austin.”
“How was Austin?”
She paused for a moment, not sure what to say. “I didn’t want to tell you.”
“What did you do?” Dylan asked.
“Nothing.” She rolled her eyes. “We ran into Dave.”
Dylan’s eyes flashed open. “What the fuck?”
“I know. His band was playing at the bar we went to, and I nearly died, Dylan.”
“And he saw you?”
“Oh yeah. And Cary, too.”
“No!” Dylan covered her mouth with her hand. “What did you say?”
“I told him to fuck off.”
“That was a long time coming,” her sister said. “How did Cary react?”
“Kind of jealous.” She giggled, still not understanding how her ex-boyfriend could pose a threat to him. “If you want to know the truth, he took me back to the hotel and nearly ripped my clothes off.”
“Men.” Dylan sighed. “It’s always some pissing contest.”
“We had period sex.”
