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‘Honey, you came along and captured my heartNow my love is somewhere lost in your kissWhen I'm all alone it's you that I missGirl, a love like yours is hard to resist…’“How are you, sweetie? Are you doing okay?” Daisy asked Everly as they walked through the terminal in Boston. The airport was huge and, Everly was sure, held the entire population of the world. Before going to the airport, she took a mild sedative to calm her nerves and help her walk out of her house, the best sound-canceling headphones money could buy, dark sunglasses, and Daisy, her personal assistant and closest friend, as moral support, to get her this far. Her mission was to finally, meet Lennon in person. So, she wasn’t about to fall apart now.“Okay, Daisy… Just get me to the baggage claim area, please.” Yes, the baggage claim area… Where Lennon would be waiting for her…“Oh, dear Lord! I can’t believe that I’m here. That this is really happening…” Daisy stopped, startl
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‘If this world is wearing thinAnd you're thinking of escapeI'll go anywhere with youJust wrap me up in chainsBut if you try to go aloneDon't think I'll understandStay with me…’ Everly’s agent had arranged for Lennon to get a pass to stay with Everly at the convention. When Johnny dropped them off at the door, she gripped his hand tightly as they went inside. He didn’t care… Lennon was glad they were already holding hands. But once they reached the green room where the panelists were meeting each other before going out on stage, Everly relaxed. And that had amazed him. After all, she was meeting A-list stars and a director who was notorious for being a pain in the behind. He’d thought her tension had been caused by shyness, but he was obviously wrong. She didn’t seem insecure, overwhelmed, or intimidated by what was going on as she shook hands and stood around talking. In fact, she soon had the director and Alec Palmer laughing. T
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‘You said it again, my heart is in motionEvery word feels like a shooting starI'm at the edge of my emotionsWatching the shadows burning in the darkAnd I'm in love, and I'm terrifiedFor the first time and the last timeIn my only life…’ Everly woke up to Lennon gently shaking her shoulder. She needed a minute to figure out where she was… with whom she was…“Are we there?”“Yes, Everly. I didn’t want you to miss the best view of it…” Lennon had told her once that he lived on a large property an hour outside of Boston. She’d pictured a showy mansion in a gated community. The typical rock star house… But Lennon surprised her… Showy mansions were not his case… There was a gate at the front of the road across his property, but it stood wide open. Heavy, green foliage arched over their heads, and the house at the end of the road, blended perfectly into the setting around it. It was huge but simple and faintly rustic. Huge windows glinted in the f
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‘Kiss an angel good morningAnd let her know you think about her when you're goneKiss an angel good morningAnd love her like the devil when you get back home…’ The next morning, Lennon woke up early even though he hadn’t slept much the night before. He was too aware that Everly was in his guest house. Their meeting had certainly gone differently than he’d expected, but he’d gotten to know her better really quickly. Lennon texted and asked Everly to let him know when she was awake. When she said she already was, he threw on some clothes and walked down the road to see her. As he walked, Lennon thought about her anxiety and what it might mean for them. He knew she was more worried about it than he was. She came out onto the porch looking fresh and simple in a white t-shirt and jeans with her long blonde hair cascading down her back. Lennon loved how her generous mouth turned up in such a wide smile, and he loved that. Right now, it was all for him.“Hi, a
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‘I am everything you wantI am everything you needI am everything inside of youThat you wish you could beI say all the right thingsAt exactly the right timeBut I mean nothing to youAnd I don't know why…’ ‘What the hell is she doing?’ As he tried to push her off, Lennon looked over her shoulder and saw both Everly and his mom watching with wide eyes. His stomach sank at the shock on Everly’s face, but Rosalee was clinging to him like a tick. Reaching behind his neck, he pulled Rosalee’s hands apart and lowered them while stepping back. She had been friendly before, even flirtatious, but she was that way with everyone. What was going on? He knew one thing for sure: he n
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'There is no greater loveThan what you bring to meNo sweeter songThan what you sing, sing to me You're the sweetest thingThat I have ever knownAnd to think that you are mine, You are mine alone...' Everly went back to the guest house and got her laptop before going to Lennon’s studio. She desperately needed to get some work done on her story, or she’d never make her deadline on time. Myra, Lennon’s mother, showed her to the studio, and when she went in, Everly found the whole band hard at work rehearsing a song with Rosalee. She was so interested in watching the process that created the music she loved that it was impossible to concentrate on writing. Most of the time, Everly sat on the couch in the back corner with her laptop ope
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‘You had me from ‘Hello’One word, that's all you saidSomething in your voice caused me to turn my headYour smile just captured meAnd you were in my future, far as I could seeAnd I don't know how it happened, but it happened stillYou ask me if I love you, if I always will…’ In the recording studio, it was difficult to keep track of the passing of time because there were no windows, and, with the heavy acoustic material on the walls and ceiling, it felt like a cave all the time. When Lennon sat down with the sound engineer to go over what he’d designed for the background track, he was surprised to see it was seven o’clock.“Hey, everyone, let’s call it a day. We can figure out the rest of this tomorrow while Rosalee and I give our voices a break, and then we’ll record vocals on Wednesday…”“Sounds great, dude!” Jared said, pulling himself up off the couch. “Besides, I’m starving. Come on, Rosalee. Let’s go see what Mom has planned for dinner.”“Okay,” Rosalee s
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‘Under your spell orunder my own powerIt really doesn't matter to me…See, I fell in loveThe first time I saw youAnd have been falling in loveEver sinceTake meI'm your prisonerAnd sentence me to beYour lover for life…’ Lennon started to protest, but he paused for a second. There was something truly noble, classy, and brave in her acceptance of the women in his past, of her trust in him, of the way she was pouring her soul out to him.“I see… The only thing I have to say to that is… I have never felt so alive, so… good, so… myself, as I do when I’m with you, angel. And this will make me sound really shallow, but the first thing I noticed about you was how beautiful you are. I’m interested in no one else but you…”“You are? Why?”“Because before I met you, I was like a closed door. No one was able to find the key… but you. Your beauty, your sweetness… opened me. I found myself telling you things I never told a soul, showing you hopes and dreams I’ve kept inside since
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‘There's just no rhyme or reasonOnly the sense of completionAnd in your eyesI see the missing pieces I'm searching forI think I've found my way homeI know that it might soundMore than a little crazy but I believeI loved you before I met you…’ The door to Lennon’s dressing room opened and a crew member stuck his head in.“Fifteen-minute warning, Lenno.” Lennon nodded.“Thanks, man.” He looked down at Everly, letting his eyes linger over her. He’d never get tired of just looking at her. She’d been hard at work on edits for her newest book while he went through his vocal warm-ups. This was his first performance since they’d gotten back from their honeymoon. While scrolling through some files, Everly swept her hair off the back of her neck with one hand. Holding it up, she looked so damned sultry, so feminine, Lennon held his breath and his heart almost stopped. Everly looked up as if feeling his eyes on her.“You do know what you do to me, r
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‘And for so many years, I knew it would be you here with me, Take you for my wife, the center of my lifeAnd I will never ever fadeFrom this choice I've made…’ Married! She was finally Lennon’s wife! Everly opened her eyes and curled around Lennon’s long, lean body, her head pillowed by his chest. She was wrung out and exhausted, but incredibly happy. Their first night as husband and wife has been absolutely magical.“Married…” she whispered and smiled. Their wedding ceremony had been amazing. Everly sighed recalling how free and happy she felt on her wedding day, how glorious it was hearing Lennon saying ‘I Do’ while losing herself in his loving gaze. She could still recall her state of mind following the months of her brief kidnapping. Happy weeks… Terrifying weeks… They’d had to deal with the paparazzi way too much when the story of Everly’s kidnapping broke. Fortunately, Erik’s trial had been swift and decisive, so the clamor in the pres
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‘There's a million different reasons why I love youAnd I'm sure that I could find a million moreThere's not a single thing that I would change about you,You're picture-perfect just the way you areSo show me every mark and every scar…’ When Everly heard Lennon’s wonderful voice through the door, she almost fainted with relief. She couldn’t answer with the gag in her mouth, so just like when Daisy had come, she kicked her legs against the wall of the shed to let him know she’d heard him. Everly heard Lennon and Daisy talking but couldn’t understand them. Focusing on breathing, she forced herself to calm down. They would get her out of here as soon as they could… Before she peed herself or got bitten by a spider. NO! She would not think about spiders again. The wispy crawling she’d felt across her legs a few times had not been spiders. From what she could tell by the dimming light through the one dust-covered window, Everly thought sh
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‘You're just like an angelYour skin makes me cryYou float like a featherIn a beautiful worldI wish I was specialYou're so freakin’ specialAnd I’m a creep…’ As soon as Lennon’s plane touched down, he called Daisy.“I’m here. Have you talked to her again? Will she agree to see me?”“‘Lenno, she isn’t answering any of my calls now either,’” Daisy said. “‘When I left her, she was calm, but maybe she was faking it… Maybe she was just trying to get rid of me. Oh, God… I think I pushed her too hard. What if…’”“Let’s not jump to what-ifs, Daisy. Listen, can you text me her address?”“‘Yes…You know, I’m not supposed to do this, but… I’m worried and, well… she’s crazy about you, Lenno… Scratch that… Lyv is desperately in love with you. She never meant to hurt you. She left because she was determined not to ruin your life…’”“Yeah… She told me as much in her note. I just hope I can convince her that breaking up is what will ruin it. Because I love her too and I can’t be without
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‘So, I look in your directionBut you pay me no attention, do you?I know you don't listen to mebecause you say you see straight through meDon't you?’“Honey, I’m home!” Daisy’s voice broke the deathly silence surrounding her. Everly pulled the covers over her head. She didn’t want to talk to anybody or see anybody or even remember there were other people in the world. Unfortunately, Daisy had other ideas… And Lennon, of course. He kept calling her. At some point, she was going to have to find the courage to talk to him, but not now... It was too soon and she was feeling too weak. And too ashamed. If only she’d listened to her gut on this one. Not to go to Boston. Not to go to bed with him. Not to fall in love with him. She’d known that getting involved with someone would be a stupid idea, as broken and flawed as she was. But she did it anyway. Daisy got into Everly’s bedroom. “There you are! I needed to make sure you were okay,” she said,
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‘If we're only here for a whileI wanna spend all of it holding you, Take me higher than I've beenMake me question everything I knew, Because nothing comes close to this, My heaven is on your lips…’ His fingers slipped between her legs and pushed inward as if testing her readiness. She was wet. She was definitely ready. She squirmed impatiently as his hand left her. Firm hands gripped her legs, spread her and then he thrust into her from behind. Everly moaned hard at the instant fullness. The pleasure of having him buried inside her body was indescribable. The tightness… The sensitivity… Her heart raced. Her blood pounded through her veins. Her sex pulsed and clenched around him. Every nerve ending was on fire, sizzling like the shortest of fuses. “Are you okay, angel?” Lennon murmured close to her ear. “Am I being too rough?” He’d gone completely still as he awaited her response. Her chest lurched and she closed her eyes, touched by the depth of
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‘Well, you showed me how it feelsTo feel the sky within my reachAnd I always will remember all the strength you gave to meYour love made me make it throughOh, I owe so much to youYou were right there for me…’ Rosalee, Jared, and Shane were waiting in his dressing room. The rest of their crew had finished packing up the equipment, and they were gone. Really, the only ones likely to have many problems were himself and Everly. He’d been trying to decide for the last ten minutes, ever since he’d learned about the problem, how to get her out in the least stressful way. Part of him thought that if they split up, it might help, but Lennon wanted to make sure that if Everly had problems, he was there to help her.“So, have you got a plan yet?” Shane asked as he came in. Lennon leaned against the counter, pulling Everly against him with her back to his chest, maintaining contact between them to help both of them keep calm. He could feel her heart beating fas
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‘We'll build, we will build a homeAnd we'll watch all the flowers growUntil our bones, until our bones can't holdAnd take my heart if yours don't beatTake my lungs if yours can't breatheAnd if you need, you can take my body…’ The narrow space smelled like paint and wood polish, and the steps creaked under her feet. The sound of the pounding rock music grew louder and louder as she climbed. At the top, it was almost deafening until she entered the private box where Daisy waited.“Hey there, sweetie!” Daisy almost yelled. Her legs were kicked up on the low wall of the box and she was looking at her phone as if she had little interest in the show below. It was ‘The Forbidden Magic’, Mick’s band. Their rock was harder than what ‘Infinite Euphoria’ played, and Everly didn’t like it at all.“Hey, Daisy. Have you got those headphones for me?”“Of course, Lyv.” Daisy handed them over, and Everly put them on. Not because she was feeling anxious but because sh
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‘When you touch my weary headAnd you tell me everything will be all rightYou say, "Use my body for your bedAnd my love will keep you warm throughout the night"Well, I'll never be a stranger and I'll never be aloneWherever we're together, that's my home…’ Everly loved the way Lennon took care of her after the exceptionally passionate night they spent together, a night that brought them a lot closer. She rode with him to the venue and watched while he, Rosalee, Shane, and Jared went up on stage to do the sound check three hours before the show. She hadn’t realized he had such a big crew, working for the band. They had people running wires, checking mics, tuning guitars, and a whole lot more she didn’t even begin to understand. That day, during a couple of little breaks from the rehearsals, Everly caught Lennon staring straight at her a few times, with a serious look in his eyes, like he wanted to say something very important to her. But, other than th
