CHAPTER 23

‘We'll build, we will build a home

And we'll watch all the flowers grow

Until our bones, until our bones can't hold

And take my heart if yours don't beat

Take my lungs if yours can't breathe

And 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