Page 260 of Haunt Me

“It’s good, Isaiah,” Skye repeats. He’s been with me for all these years, always my most passionate cheerleader. And yet he has never soundedthisimpressed. “Really, really good. Got anything else for me?”

“Five more,” I reply.

“Five?!”

Skye never fails to be surprised by how quickly I can whip out these pieces. It’s no big deal to me now, my head is full of music. Melodies just come naturally to me and I don’t really think I should get any credit for it. It’s like I push a button and the music pours out. As simple as breathing.

But Skye is round-eyed and fully sincere in his praise every freaking time, which goes to say how much of a softie he is, tattoos, curls and all.

“What are you going to name it? Do you have any ideas?” Jude asks.

“Oh, I don’t have ideas. I know,” I reply, already half asleep on Eden’s shoulder.

“Already? We’ve barely got four songs completed,” Skye sounds scared now. I usually discuss these things with him alone first.

“It’s pretty obvious,” I say, lifting my shoulders in a silent apology to him. “The name has been staring me in the face since last March. Since six years ago, actually.”

“Oh, you don’t mean…” Jude says, looking between Eden and me.

“Yes, I do mean.”

I close my eyes in gratitude and disbelief at how my life has been turned around. I know there are hard times ahead, but there are also good times ahead. Beyond good. But now… Now is amazing. Now is heaven.

And that is, of course, the name of the album.

Paradise.

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IssyWOO4life: It’s me again. We just had a new Isaiah album drop,Paradise. I thought I would do a track list explanation after my first listen, like I did whenIsaiahcame out. You’re welcome.

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