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Chapter 7

Lori was so sick and tired of walking around on her tip toes when it came to Alex. She just
didn’t want to give him the wrong impression. Lori hated Marissa. She couldn’t think of a
better person to get even with. Especially when Marissa was the one that took Alex from her
anyway. Lori did think about maybe trying to get Alex away from Marissa and have him break
her heart just like he had broken Lori’s, but then she realized that she would be stuck with
him after that. That was never going to happen, if Lori had anything to do with it.

The tour had started again and Lori was excited because she wouldn’t have to deal with Alex
until they came back to Florida. Lori had a bunch of stuff to do anyway. Jenn had set up
some studio time with her producer friend. He was going to help Lori with her album she
was supposed to be working on. She had tried her luck again with writing music, but all she
could come up with was “Kung Fu Dancing Queens.” She looked up at the clock and noticed
that it took her two hours to come up with the most ridiculous song she had ever seen. She
looked down at the floor and could barely see the carpet because of all the balls of paper
everywhere.

“God, I suck!” Lori said. She was in the apartment by herself. Denise was on tour with the
Boys and Lori was so bored. She called Jenn and was hoping that she would be at home.

“Whats up?” Jenn said.

“Nothing. I’m bored and I have been trying to write songs and I really suck at it,” Lori replied.

“Not doing any better at it?” Jenn asked.

“Of course not,” Lori said. “What are you up to today?” She was hoping to get out of the
apartment for the first time in a couple of days.

“Nothing,” Jenn replied. “Why? You want to come over?”

“Um, yeah,” Lori replied. “I’ll be there in ten minutes!” She hung up the phone and jumped
into her new 1998 Saleen Mustang GT. It was in her favorite color too, school bus yellow.
Howie helped her pick it out before they went on their tour.

Lori got to Jenn’s house and rang the doorbell. Jenn answered and looked like she had just
gotten out of bed. “Why are you still looking like that?” Lori asked her as she walked
through the front door.

“Maybe it’s because it’s eight in the morning,” Jenn replied pouring herself a cup of coffee
in the kitchen.

“Oh,” Lori replied. “So, what’s in your agenda until the guys come back?”

“I’ve got to go away for a meeting in a couple of weeks, so is there any way that you can
maybe feed the cat for me or better yet,” Jenn replied. “Maybe you can just stay here until I
get back.” She sat down next to Lori on the couch.

“I don’t know because I’m kind of holding down the fort with Denise being gone and all,” Lori
replied. “I mean, I will if Denise thinks it’s cool, but what am I going to do about Toby?”

“Who?” Jenn asked.

“Toby, it’s a dog,” Lori replied. “Look, Alex and Denise has had this dog forever and he and I
are getting to be good friends again. I can’t bear leaving him there all by himself.”

“Well, he can be here if he stays outside,” Jenn replied. “I mean, the backyard is fenced in
and he should be fine out there.”

“Really? Awesome! I’m going to call Denise then and ask her if that’s okay, then I will let you
know for sure,” Lori replied. “How long are you going to be away?”

“Probably, just a couple of days,” Jenn answered.

“Where ya going?” Lori asked. She was a bit suspicious about what Jenn was going to be
doing. “Back to Paris or what?”

“Um, Paris,” Jenn answered. “You are absolutely right. I have a couple of fellow investors
out there and we are all getting together to look at a piece of property that’s for sale. Real
political stuff, you don’t want to hear about it. So, how are things going with AJ? You guys
are like a damn soap opera.”

“I’m not mad at him anymore, but he’s so damn arrogant! He really gets to me,” Lori replied.
“He thinks he is God’s gift or something. Makes me sick. Why he would think I would ever
consider going back to him after what he did to me is beyond me.”

“I feel the same way about Kevin,” Jenn replied getting up and going to the kitchen to get
more coffee. “Did you want any juice or anything?”

“Oh no. I’m good,” Lori said. “Well, I best be heading off. I’ll let ya know about house sitting
for ya. I’m recording this week, so I probably won’t see ya too much. Take care.”

Jenn lead her to the door and said, “Talk to ya later then.”

Lori worked her ass off for a month or so recording her album. She really liked the producer
guy. He was really talented, and not to mention pretty damn hot. Jenn went to Paris and
came back. Lori ended up staying at Jenn’s house with Toby for the rest of her time in
Florida.

Jenn was off at a meeting when Lori’s cell phone rang. “Hello?”

“Hey, it’s me.” The voice sounded grave and depressed with a hint of fear.

“Nick, what’s wrong?” Lori asked. “Is there something going on with Alex? Tell me!”

“It’s not AJ. It’s Brian,” Nick replied.