Page 11 of I Remember Moscato

“That’s wonderful. You’re family lives in Oregon?”

I nod. “I grew up in Portwalden. It’s a tiny town on the Oregon coast. If you blink, you’ll miss it.”

Annabelle chuckles. “It sounds like a cute place to live. What do your parents do? Do you have siblings?”

“I have two brothers and two sisters. My dad is the fire chief and my mom is the head nurse at our hospital.”

“Wow! Your family sounds wonderful, do they come to visit you often?”

“They come here a few times a year and I go home for Christmas and New Year’s.”

“Do you think they would come here for Christmas and New Year’s? We usually have a big celebration for the holidays.”

“I think they would.” I smile.

I’m pretty sure Jagger’s mom is inviting me and my family to spend the holidays with them.

I can’t stop smiling after talking with Jagger’s mom. She’s so nice and I feel stupid for being so afraid to meet her and his dad. From the moment I walked in, they made me feel so welcomed. My family is going to love his.

The rest of the night went by way too fast. They played music and then we played some card games. So much fun.

Chapter Seven

Quinlan

Jagger’s mom, Annabelle warned me that the women will get more bold. She wasn’t joking. Some of the women that come to the shows will say or do almost anything to get near the band. Most of them don’t get backstage. But because there’s no real security, some do get by. Tonight, there were a few girls that bribed the one security that was watching the backstage door.

“I think you all need to consider having security with you,” Scott, Jagger’s dad says to all of them.

“I have to agree with your dad,” I say as we hear girls screaming from outside the dressing room.

“Do either of you know people we could trust to do security for us?” Bowie asks.

“I can ask the Cimaruta and even the Mancinis. You just need security at your shows right?”

Scott nods. “I would feel better if they had security at every show but also when they do publicity for the band. Do you think they would be interested in something like that?”

“I think they might, I can text Luciana and Giovanna. I’ll ask if a few of the guys could come here now and help out.”

“Thank you. That would be great.”

Quinlan: Heyyyy! I have a question for the two of you

Luciana: (eye raising emoji)

Giovanna: I’m listening. Lol

Quinlan: Lol. Do you think some of the guys would be willing to do security for Jagger’s band?

Giovanna: HELL YES. Is that even a real question? How many do you need?

Luciana: Only guys? I wanna do security

Quinlan: Maybe four or five?

Luciana: Let me talk to Papà. Give me like 10 min

Giovanna: I’ll talk to mine too. Be right back

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