14. Donavan
Chapter fourteen
Donavan
Even though I was disappointed that Daddy wasn’t with us on this part of the tour, it did give us a bit of room to think about things.
Things like sharing Daddy with Kay. We hadn’t discussed taking this relationship further or getting more serious.
But maybe. He’d agreed to meet us in Florida over the Christmas break, but that was still a few days away.
Maybe if things went well, we’d talk about our future.
I wasn’t sure what the other two thought about it, but it was something I wanted.
Maybe I wanted it too much. Having Saxon as a daddy for both of us solved so many problems. But what did Saxon want?
At the venue, there was only one big room for everyone backstage.
It was the Denver Broncos’ locker room, since we were playing in their stadium.
It was almost as overwhelming as the Hard Rock had been.
I looked around at all the orange and blue décor, simply blown away.
The guys all had a spot sectioned off for changing or whatever.
Miami had a huge rack of clothes by his spot and some of the others had suitcases or other bags.
But Kay sat on a table, kicking his feet, having changed into what he wanted to wear before we came over.
Tennis shoes for this gig, because they were using the wireless technology and could roam all over the massive stage.
The rest of his look was about the same.
Jeans and a T-shirt, but it was a Pokémon T-shirt featuring Squirtle.
He said everyone picked the yellow dude, so he wanted something different. Hard to argue with that.
Midnight Hunt gathered together in the center of the room, and everyone naturally turned to them.
Jinx raised a hand in the air. “Hey, everyone.” He looked around to make sure we were all paying attention, and that meant roadies and techs as well as Kai and Harper.
“Some of you are already aware, but to confirm, our official new MH Management is off and running. So not only are we managing Bramble Punk.” He stopped and clapped his hands, and everyone joined in.
When it quieted again, he continued, “But we want to tell you officially that a new band out of Vegas, Star Fly, will be recording while we’re on tour after the Christmas break.
We want to sign that band to our management team and recording label.
So we’re starting off with them recording.
And they might be poking their head in on our tour now and then.
So heads up. Let’s welcome them warmly.” He clapped again and so did everyone else.
Ultimately, MH Management—MH standing for Midnight Hunt—gave each of them roles to play after the tour.
I’d helped set up the paperwork and knew best what was going on.
Wolf would work with Cat, producing and helping with music.
That meant that if the other band was recording while we were on tour, Cat would be left in charge until final production.
Miami and Jinx would do what they did best here and work on signing bands, promotions, and social media with Kai as their head of marketing.
And believe it or not, Ziggy had a shit ton of connections to set up shows and tours, plus he’d be working with his partner, Coleman, on that, which made sense as he was a world-class promoter.
And Wolf’s sister, Harper, was jumping on board to act as PA.
She’d already started. It seemed as if they all had.
I found Jinx after the announcement. “Hey. I’m happy to work on anything you need for Star Fire over the next few weeks, but I want to take some actual time off over the break. But barring any changes, I can have whatever you need to you before the break.”
“That’s cool. I’ll send you what we talked about with Drake and the band. We don’t care if they start before it’s ironed out.”
“You didn’t learn anything with Pierce?” He’d caused such a headache with the recordings they did as a jam session.
Jinx snorted. “Of course we did, but we’re not…I mean, this is their album. We’re investing in them. We don’t expect anything from them but credits on this one. Next one…we’ll see.”
“Um…sure. Take some time to think through what you want in the contract. I have a feeling it’s not going to be what I was thinking.”
“No. Probably not.” He clapped my shoulder. “Don’t worry. We’re all about Karma. And maybe the Pierce thing didn’t turn out so bad after all.” He winked and turned away, leaving me to find Kay.
He was talking with Pierce. Since Albuquerque, they’d been talking more.
It was probably overdue and had to help smooth things out.
In fact, since Kay had started poking his nose into Pierce and also Rowan, things had already improved for everyone, as if everyone were all taking their cues from Kay.
And he didn’t think he was a leader. Ha!
Then it was time for the show. I was excited to watch from the side stage. They always killed it.