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Back Sweet Surrender
Chapters (73)
  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. PRAISE FOR K. BROMBERG
  4. ALSO WRITTEN BY K. BROMBERG
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  71. EPILOGUE
  72. EPILOGUE TWO
  73. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Fuck. Does this mean we have to throw you a bachelor party?” Vince asks, his eyes wide as we all recall how wild his was. And that’s saying a lot with the life we lead.

“Nah, man. We’re all good,” I say. “Besides, we’ve been living in one for the past ten years.”

“True. Very fucking true,” Vince says and walks over, holding the glass out to me. I take a drink. “Thanks for coming clean and doing what needs to be done.”

I clear my throat and hate what shame tastes like. “Anything for you guys. You know that.”

“We do,” Rocket says.

“Never a doubt.” Hawkin pushes up out of his seat. “Is the kumbaya moment over? Can we get the fuck back to work now? The plan is to get this new material written before the tour starts.”

“Please,” I say, thrilled to have this off my chest and out in the open. To have the guys be cool with it.

And what do you know? I don’t miss a beat the rest of the fucking session.

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER TEN

Hendrix

“What do you mean, just know everything is okay?” my mom asks in that searching tone of hers that says she’s about to jump on a plane to make sure I am, in fact, okay.

And that’s exactly why I’m telling her this. I know if she hears reports about Jase and me, or gets calls from the nosy neighbor across the street, Natalia, who sits on her front porch scanning the gossip sites all day, she’ll be standing on my doorstep.

“There’s a lot going on here, and I just wanted you to know that everything is okay.”

“That fucktard Paul isn’t messing with you, is he?” she asks. She went from one hundred percent Team Paul to Fucktard Paul in a matter of a month. Gotta love moms who have your back.

“No. Yes.” I sigh and scrunch my nose. “He’s being the prick I’ve learned that he is.”

“You’re okay though, right? You don’t need any money or help or—”

“I’m fine,” I lie. The woman lives paycheck to paycheck but would send the whole amount to me if I asked. “It’s just . . . I have a few celebrity clients right now so you might hear a few mentions of me or the bakery, and I didn’t want you to worry.”

“Why would I worry?” she screeches. “That’s fabulous, honey. Wonderful. Maybe it’ll get you seen by the right people, and the bakery will take off through the stratosphere.”

“Perhaps.” If I feel this sick to my stomach lying to her, how am I going to feel lying to the world? “Just . . . whatever you hear, just know that everything is okay.”