Page 38 of How to Catch a Rockstar

“Not unless you happen to find an old man clogging the toilets up.”

She is not making things any clearer. “I didn’t believe this whole pregnancy brain thing was real, but it’s real all right. I have no idea what’s going on. Did I miss a memo?”

Leia clasps my hand and leads me to the rocking chair in the corner. She presses me in it.

“This is Jett’s house.”

I gasp and try to stand but she blocks my escape. “I’m not staying in Jett’s house.”

“And we’re not letting Mike, the asshole manager, kick you out of Winter Falls,” Indigo says.

“But I can’t live with Jett. We’ll kill each other within minutes.” I rub a hand over my belly. “He doesn’t want our baby. You’re going to make me live with the man who got me pregnant but now is ignoring the situation? I thought you were my friends.”

I feel tears well in my eyes. But I sniff and suck them up. I don’t have time to cry. The band will be home any minute now. I need to get out of here before Jett returns.

Ah, now I understand the reason for the urgency. “You think if I’m all settled in the house when Jett arrives, he won’t freak.”

“I’m betting he still freaks,” Mercy says.

“He’s definitely going to freak,” Virginia mutters.

“But he won’t be able to do anything about it,” Indigo says. “Since you have nowhere else to go.”

I scowl at her. “I am not a charity case. I can return to my apartment in San Diego.”

Leia raises an eyebrow. “The apartment you sub-let?”

Damn. I forgot about sub-letting my apartment. I was convinced Mike wouldn’t mind paying for a hotel room for six months. I should have known better. The man who gets manicures every two weeks for himself doesn’t spend money on things that don’t benefit him.

I force a nonchalance I don’t feel. “I can stay at the Inn.”

Maybe not in the executive suite but there must be cheaper rooms.

Indigo shakes her head. “No can do. Ellery’s booked up for the Christmas holidays.”

I throw my hands in the air. “There must be someplace to rent in Winter Falls.”

“It’s a small town. There’s one apartment building and there are no vacancies.”

I rub a hand over my face. “I’m too tired to deal with this. I’m certain I can come up with another solution after a bit of sleep.”

“The band agreed you’d stay here,” Indigo says.

“The band agreed?”

“Yep. They think it’s handy having you nearby.”

“Jett knows about this? He knows his baby mamma is going to be living down the hallway from him?”

She cracks her knuckles. “Yeah.”

“She’s lying,” Virginia says from where she’s lying on the bed with her eyes closed. “She always cracks her knuckles when she lies.”

Indigo gasps. “You’re not supposed to tell anyone.”

“She’s going to figure out Jett didn’t agree when he gets home anyway.”

A car door slams outside. Crap. Time’s up.

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