Ophelia gasped. “Now I know you’re lying. Maia never sleeps.”
“Yeah…she mentioned that.” I scrubbed a hand across my face, trying to shut down the urge to ask when Maia stopped sleeping and why it was happening. It wasn’t my business. “But that’s all the more reason I’m not waking her.”
“Rock Daddy, you dicked her down so good she not only agreed to spend the weekend with you, but she fell asleep? What’s a girl gotta do to get some of that action?”
I sighed, ignoring her shenanigans. “I need a favor.”
“And if I do it, we go to menagetown?”
“Nope. Do you have a key to Maia’s place?”
“Yeah, why?” Her curious tone was laced with glee. She lived for anything that felt like meddling.
“I’ve sent someone to Maia’s place and I need you to meet him and get her passport.”
She paused. “You want me to help you to kidnap my friend?”
“Yep.”
“You’re not even going to try to convince me it’s something other than kidnapping?”
“Doesn’t seem worth the effort. You know I’ll put her on a plane straight home if she says the word. She obviously needs a vacation. A real friend would’ve done something about that by now.”
I was the worst kind of asshole.
Was she exhausted? Yeah.
Was that the only reason I was keeping her here? Hell no. I wanted more time to get her out of my system so I could move on from her once and for all. Last time, I let my feelings get all tangled up and it forced her to push me away. This time, I could keep feelings off the table and take the part we were on the same page about.
She gave a long suffering sigh. “Fine. But I want backstage passes to any show of my choosing.”
“You know you’re not allowed backstage after last time.” She was like the goddess of chaos. Usually fun chaos, but my bassist didn’t necessarily agree.
“It wasone tit. Okay, fine. Not backstage then. But they better be good seats.”
I was about to hang up when I thought to add, “Ophelia?”
“Yes, Daddy?”
“Don’t fuck with my drummer.” Poor guy had no idea what he was in for. “Don’tfuckhim either. Just give him the passport and let him go.”
Another deep sigh. “Fine.”
“He’s already on his way. Get moving.”
“I like it when you get bossy with me…” she purred.
I hung up before she went down one of her rabbit holes.
I’d cast the die. Now I had to sit there and wonder if Maia would stay asleep long enough to pull this off.
16
ZANE
Then
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