Page 42 of Love Me Till Wednesday

‘I’ve never watched it.’

‘It’s very good. You should give it a try.’

Was he really being that dense? ‘For some reason, he’s not my favourite person.’

Pete looked uncomfortable.

‘I thought you said you hadn’t seen him for ages.’

Pete was smiling again. ‘I haven’t. But obviously, he’s not forgotten about the old Armstrong charm.’

‘Well, I’m not keen on the idea. We’re not ready to go public yet.’

‘Ed and Tez think we are.’

How could he possibly know that? ‘You’ve asked them already, haven’t you?’

‘I guessed you might not be 100% on board.’

‘So you thought you’d get them to outvote me.’

Pete had the decency to look sheepish. ‘Possibly.’

‘But we haven’t got a good quality recording to mime to. Unless we do one of our old tracks.’

‘That’s not a problem. They only have bands who sing live.’

‘What?!’ Was Pete mad? That could be disastrous. ‘I’m nowhere near ready for that! And what about our lack of a bass player?’

‘That’s easily fixed. We can audition for a new one. We said we were going to do that anyway.’

‘How are we going to get someone in and ready before next Thursday? And we’re supposed to be moving out of here on Friday morning.’

‘Can’t you reschedule that? And any decent session musician should manage to master one song before then. We’ll play Love Me Till Wednesday. It’s easy enough for anyone to learn.’

‘Is it?’ Lisa remembered reviews complimenting Jonny on his innovative techniques on that one.

Pete must’ve read her mind. ‘They may not play it exactly like Jonny, but who’s going to notice after all this time? Think of the publicity. It’ll put us back in the spotlight, which means more record sales.’

‘If we don’t cock it up.’

‘We won’t. You’re better than you think you are. I wouldn’t even consider it if I didn’t think we could do it. Just make sure you don’t wear high heels.’

Lisa glared at him.

‘I’m joking. Come on, Lise, you can absolutely do this. I’ve got complete faith in you.’

Lisa could feel her heart rate increasing at the mere thought of it, but she had to admit it was an excellent opportunity. They were unlikely to get another chance to goon a prime-time show for a long time, if at all. ‘You better tell Andy yes.’

Pete grinned, but there was something shifty about his expression.

‘You’ve already said yes, haven’t you?’

‘I didn’t want to risk him offering it to someone else.’

24

Noah had managed to persuade Adam Evans-Johnson to delay the house sale by a fortnight so Lisa didn’t need to worry about packing up her home while rehearsing for the Stars’ television reunion.

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