Heart and Soul is a WIP.
This is in Maverick's POV. Maverick and Rowan are driving to participate in a ghost tour. Maverick mentions his old bandmate, Stevie, and that he isn't doing much of anything these days.
This Week's Snippet Below.
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"What do you mean?" she asked.
She really didn't know about the band and its members. Maybe they weren't in the tabloids anymore or maybe the style of music hadn't been her thing. "Stevie overdosed a few years back. They revived him but the lack of oxygen fried his brain, and well, he's not the same."
"I'm sorry." She shook her head. "I didn't realize."
"I'm sorry, too. Sometimes, I wondered if I had stayed..." he let the words trail off as he tried to shake off the melancholy. He couldn't go back.
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About Heart and Soul...
80s rock star, Haley Rose went missing without a trace on October 31, 1988, and was eventually presumed dead. Three decades later, a thirty-year-old woman, Rowan Beckett recalls things only Haley Rose would know and she can belt out songs in the same fashion as the missing 80s star. However, Rowan couldn't be the missing rock star since the woman would now be in her fifties. Could Haley Rose have come back reincarnated as Rowan Beckett?
A very realistic snippet. Sadly, this sort of thing happens. There have been all too many lost souls in the creative professions. The limbic system controls both emotion and creativity, hence, why a fair number of creative people have mood disorders. I learned this by trying to figure my own mess out.
I used to think that I wanted to be a rock musician (which was stupid, considering that I can’t even play the kazoo) or an actress. The more I read, the more I think that I would have wound up dead. The music and film industries chew sensitive people up and spit them out. Writing is bad enough. I backed away from the idea of wanting to become a “famous writer” years ago.
It is true. We have lost many talented souls. It’s so sad.
He’s right. He can’t go back and change the past, so he has to stop blaming himself, even a little for his friend’s tragedy. A hard lesson but a crucial one. Great snippet!
Jenna,
It’s difficult sometimes to do that but it’s true, he needs to stop blaming himself.
Sad when the young man lost his work. Two of my sons had the same trouble forever
Charmaine,
I’m so sorry about your sons. Are they better now?
This conversation is really pulling up old memories for him, for sure. And they haven’t even arrived at the destination yet! Enjoyed the excerpt…
Veronica,
lol- no they haven’t arrived yet. So glad you enjoyed the snippet.
A sad memory, yet it seems rather appropriate for a ghost tour.
Ed,
It is a sad memory but Stevie didn’t die but his life is definitely different.
Sadly, even if he had stayed it likely wouldn’t have made any difference.
PT,
I agree. It probably wouldn’t have mattered.
This snippet is sad. There have been so many overdose deaths of young to middle-aged people in my county in the last decade. When it’s someone you know, you always second guess–if you could have done something. But…no, we can’t change the past…
Teresa,
It is sad. There are way too many young deaths.