"There has to be someone else. WhataboutKat?"
"She's off the tour. Listen, Lucky, I know you're hurt. I know you don't want to listen, but it's not what you think. Jude's a good guy. I don't normally get involved in the love affairs of my clients, but let me say that just this one time, you need to forgive him. At least talk to him. Let him tell you thetruth."
"The truth is he'smarried."
"He's not," Richard said. "And it's been over for a long time. That's all I'm saying. If you want to know more, you'll have to talk to Jude. Even if you don't want to know more, you still have to talk to Jude. I need more music, Lucky. You don't have achoice."
As he walked out, Jordan closed the door behind him. She saw the confusion on Lucky's face and sat down beside her. Lucky didn't need to tell her what was going throughhermind.
"You know you can do this,"Jordansaid.
"I'm just so angry right now," Lucky said as she grabbed a throw pillow and punched it. "Why didn't he tell me he was married? And what did Richard mean? How can Jude not be married when I methiswife?"
"I don't know, but he's right, you have to talk to Jude. I'm sure there's an easy explanation for allofthis."
"How am I supposed to write with someone who made me feelsobad?"
"Think about how good he made you feel too, Lucky. You have torememberthat."
"I can't forget it, that's the problem," Lucky said as she got up and picked up her notebook. "Do you know what's in here? New songs. And every single one is about him. How can I share them with him? My songs mean everything to me. I can't work with someone who has hurt me like this. Ican't."
Lucky sank into the seat beside Jordan and hid her face behind thepillow.
"I'm sorry, Lucky," she said. "I really think he's a good guy. I know what he did was a dick move, but I can't help but wonder if there's more to it than we know, especially after what Richard said. I've seen the way Jude looks at you. Lucky, he's notpretending."
Lucky pulled the pillow down and looked at her then sigheddeeply.
"I'm so tired, Jordan. I'm tired of everything. I just want to be left alone and I definitely do not want to see him. I get it, I know I don't have a choice. But the way I'm feeling right now, I can't do it. I can't write and no way in hell am I going to share my new songs with him. I've embarrassed myselfenough."
