it all came crashing

It all came crashing to an end ten days later in Vegas.

The last two concerts of the tour took place there, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The first show was an incredible success.

At least something about those last few days was.

Things really started to go south during the last band meeting, just hours before the final performance.

I didn’t know it until everyone was assembled in the penthouse suite, but everybody was planning to go their separate ways after Vegas. Take some time off, then join back up two months later to begin recording their third album.

It was strange to me. I thought of them as a tightly-knit family. I mean, they had lived together for over a year in a run-down house in one of the crappiest neighborhoods in Athens. And here they were about to split apart, even if only for a while.

I sat between Derek and Ryan, with Killian and Riley opposite us. Miles was standing at the front of the room and currently running the show.

“Alright, Killian, you’re going back to Lo