Thief — 11:11A.M.
You’re welcome. I think I really tapped into something
Juliet — 11:12A.M.
Picasso himself would be envious. I should frame it?
Thief — 11:12A.M.
Ummmm I hope so, it could be worth a lot someday. If this whole singing thing doesn’t pan out
Also I noticed my suitcase had several shirts not belonging to me re-packed inside of it when I got to the hotel
Since you clearly gave them to me freely, does that mean I’m not a thief anymore?
Juliet — 11:13A.M.
No, you still are
Good luck with the tour, Thief
Chapter Thirty-One
Juliet checkedher phone as surreptitiously as possible, for the twentieth time that night.
Laura – 10:29P.M.
Final song in the setlist tonight was Three-Part Harmony. REALLY good performance
She also sent along some pictures and a link to the performance right under her information.
The thing was, after Darcy had left yesterday for Georgia to kick the We, The Romantics tour off, Juliet had found herself checking flights.
Which… was kind of ridiculous. Right?
Because she’d just spent five days, nonstop, with Darcy. She should have gotten her fill. They’d created a song together, they’d had a lot of sex, they’d cooked together, they’d read.
That should hold her over for a while.Should, apparently, being the keyword.
They both had lives. Like, actually busy lives.
Juliet’s own tour might be over, and her obligations following her last album were complete. But she felt a fire underher to start on her fifth album. The goal line was clear, now. One more album, and the contract with Harrison and Copper Canyon would be fulfilled.One more.
Talking to Darcy about her situation reminded Juliet of just how close she was, now. For years, it had felt so useless to set her sights on the fifth album.
It tooktime. Every single album was months and months of writing lyrics, writing music, refining those songs with other writers and producers. Recording, re-recording, mastering. The promotion, the tours, the awards.
Could she have rushed through them faster than she’d been working the last few years? Possibly. Probably, if she hadn’t cared about quality.
But… Juliet couldn’t bring herself to put out an album she hated just for the sake of releasing an album, either. No matter what the politics were behind the scenes, it was always her name and reputation on the line. Even ifBackyard StarsandEchoeshadn’t been acclaimed, Juliet had worked hard on them. She’d gotten very little encouragement, a lot of pushback for trying to pivot from where she’d been pigeonholed, and so things hadn’t worked out perfectly.
Darcy had lovedEchoes, though. Which reallydidmake Juliet feel prouder about it. Darcy was right; she’d been trying to do something, and she’d nailed certain elements, but she hadn’t been able to get herself there.
Maybe she could, though, in the future. Maybe if she was able to work with different people, not constrained by this Copper Canyon contract. Maybe if… she had Darcy willing to work with her.
The thought thrilled her. It made herexcitedfor the future after this contract was over.
She was going to spend the time Darcy was on her tour jumping into her fifth album.
