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Getting ready for the Meet & Greet was the first chance I got to talk to Jenny. I wanted to ask about the girl who had given her the envelope for Gerard. Thank God she had given it to me instead of him. As good as he appeared to be handling things I wasn’t sure how it would have affected him if he’d opened it. I had hidden the two portraits in the bottom of my duffle bag. Who the fuck had sent them to him and what did it mean?
“Hey” I said walking over to the table where Jenny was setting out the Sharpies. “What’s up?”
Jenny smiled, “Nothing much. You and Gerard enjoy the short break?”
My mind suddenly was filled with visions of leather. “Yeah we did.”
“So how many fans tonight?” She asked getting back to business.
I gave her the numbers and the time frame we would be working with. When we finished double checking things I asked, “The other night when the girl gave you that envelope for Gerard.”
She turned “Yeah? I’m sorry I did a bad thing didn’t I? I shouldn’t have accepted it. Was Gerard mad?”
Man, I spent a lot of time lying. “No, not at all. He was just wondering if you could describe her. He’s kinda having trouble figuring out who she was.”
Jenny looked surprised, “Oh, well let me think. She was thin, kinda pretty and had long blond hair.” She laughed, “I just described a lot of girls, didn’t I?”
I nodded “Yeah”
One of the crew called out Jenny’s name. “Hey, sorry I can’t be more helpful that that.” She said before walking away.
I stood for a moment thinking. None of this made any sense. Suddenly I remembered something from the other night. I hurried back to the bus. Bob was sitting watching TV.
“Hey, Bob” I took a seat by him on the sofa.
“Hey, Laura. Where’s Gerard?”
I laughed, “What you don’t want to talk to me?”
Poor Bob blushed, “I didn’t mean it like that. I was just wondering where he went off to. Ray and Frank were both looking for him. He was supposed to do some photos for an interview but he didn’t show.”
“You mean the photo’s they were taking over in the arena?”
Bob nodded.
“Shit, he was headed there after lunch” I pulled out my cell and punched in his number. The call went to voice mail.
Bob was watching me with a concerned look on his face. “Hey, he’s gotta be around here somewhere.”
I knew I was letting fear take over but I couldn’t help myself. It wasn’t like him to miss a photo shoot. I tried my best to remain calm. “I better go see if I can find him.”
Bob nodded, “Want me to help?”
“No, I’m sure I’ll find him quick enough.” I started to walk away but stopped when I remembered why I was looking for Bob in the first place. “Hey at the last concert you said you saw a girl staring at Gerard.”
Bob laughed, “Yeah, I don’t know why she freaked me out like she did. I shouldn’t have even mentioned it.”
“What did she look like?”
He stopped smiling, “Laura, it was nothing.”
I smiled, “I’m not jealous Bob I just wondered cause someone left an envelope for Gerard and I was wondering if it was maybe her.”
“How would you know?” Man, there was no getting anything by Bryar.
“She said she was a friend of Gerard’s and he’s trying to figure out who she is.”
Bob smiled, “Oh, she was small and had long hair. With the lights and all it’s hard to tell but I think she’s a blond.”
Once more the fake smile, “I’ll tell Gerard.” I walked to towards the front of the bus, “When I find him,” I said with a fake laugh. And it was a fake laugh cause for some reason I was suddenly very worried about my husband.

I stepped off the bus and spotted Mike and Alicia walking towards me. When they got closer I asked “Either of you seen my husband?”
“I was just gonna ask you if you had seen my brother. The photographer is pretty pissed.”
“He was headed for the shoot when I saw him last” I said
Mikey frowned, “Then where the fuck did he go?’
I shook my head. “He’s not answering his phone.” I said. Alicia could see how worried I was.
“He’s here somewhere. Knowing Gee he probably got distracted.”
“He doesn’t get distracted when he knows people are waiting for him.” Mikey was sounding worried too.
“I’m gonna head over to the arena.” I told them. “Call me if you find him, okay?’ I took off quickly making my way through the crews who were unloading equipment. I had just stepped through the backstage door when I spotted Troy. My first thought was to ignore him. I still remembered the pain I had felt the first time I has seen him. The pain of seeing him arm in arm with Gerard. He saw me and nodded.
“Have you seen Gerard?” I asked sharply.
He smirked, “Many times.”
I didn’t have time for this shit. “Have you seen my husband today?”
His smile slipped, “No, I haven’t seen your HUSBAND today. Why? Lose him already?”
My mood was worsening, “I need to find him the photographer is waiting.”
Once more he smiled, “Sorry I can’t be more help.”
“Yeah” I said walking away, “Fuck you very much.” Mood worsening, head pounding.
I had only gone a short distance when another of my Meet & Greet crew called out to me. She had overheard me talking to Troy and told me she had seen Gerard about twenty minutes ago. He had been standing on the stage and as she watched he jumped down and headed towards the box seating. What the fuck? I took off for the boxes. As I walked up the aisle I spotted him. He was slouched down in a chair,
“Gee” I ran the rest of the way to him. “What are you doing?”
He looked up and I knew something was terribly wrong. “Sorry Laura. I tried.”
I sat down next to him and took his hand in mine. “Gerard, look at me.”
He slowly looked up. Fuck, his eyes weren’t focusing. “Gerard what did you do?”
“I saw her.” He whispered.
I brushed the hair out of his eyes. I knew what his answer would be but fuck it I had to ask. “Who?”
He closed his eyes, “I saw Merri. She was here.”