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Chapter 5

But Liam pushed past them and headed for the exit. Fuck this shit,he thought. He didn’t need it. He didn’t deserve it. He was exhausted, nothing more. Nothing less. Why the hell couldn’t he spend his only free night sleeping? So it was Friday…so what?

He heard Brody call his name again, and because he didn’t want to argue—he didn’t have the energyto argue anymore—he ducked into one of the dressing rooms and locked the door behind him. I’ll wait here until the show’s over,he thought, plopping down on a sofa along one wall and closing his eyes. When Brody knocked on the door, he shouted, “Go away, Brody! Leave me alone.”

“Liam,” came his roommate’s voice, hollow through the wooden door. The doorknob rattled as Brody jiggled it. “C’mon, man—”