The Rocker’s Muse

The Rocker’s Muse

Author: Penelope Ward Listening Length: 7h 57m

From the bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel… No one but me knew why I was actually in the California desert that day. Nestled deep within the desolate, rocky area was a recording studio. When a door suddenly opened, a man mistook me for someone he was supposed to be interviewing for a job. ...

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CHAPTER 25

TRISTAN

It felt surreal. Suddenly I was fifteen again, standing in front of Cheyenne’s mother’s door. I had no idea how much Mrs. Benson knew about any of this, or what I was going to say. I just had to wing it.

Back in Nevada yesterday, I’d booked a ticket to Iowa, flown here, and spent the night at a hotel near my hometown of Spirit Lake. Carrying Jacob’s diaries with me in my backpack almost felt like they were some kind of good-luck charm, though I hadn’t had the damn courage to read them yet. I needed to focus on the task at hand, not allow myself to get so emotionally involved that it paralyzed me. I’d barely allowed myself to think about my son, for fear that I’d break down.