Page 84 of Edge of Forever

Her camera-ready smile slid away. “Are you okay to keep going?”

Izzy nodded. “I’m fine. We want to explain our story.”

“I have to say, I’m pretty surprised that you called, Logan. You keep your privacy guarded as closely as a military campaign. Why did you call me?” She leaned forward. “Off the record, of course.”

“Of course.” Logan leaned forward. “We’re having an intimate wedding ceremony after the concert tonight. We wanted to share our story on your show because tonight’s about Adam and Nichole Wolfe. Not about us.” He lifted Izzy’s hand to his mouth. “I wanted people to know who we are before the tabloids run with the story.”

“Thank you for doing it on my show, Logan.”

“You’ve always been fair. I just hope our winning streak holds out.”

“Okay, are you ready for the last questions?”

Logan pulled Izzy’s chair closer to him. “You good to do this?”

Izzy leaned forward and pressed a light kiss to the corner of his mouth. “Ready.”

“Thank you for joining us on Music Life, we’re here with Logan King from All the King’s Men and his fiancée.” She turned to him. “Logan, this is your first interview since the tragedy late this summer which took the life of Nichole Wolfe and injured her husband, Adam Wolfe, and you as well, Isabella. What happened? Why did you disappear?”

“When Izzy was hurt, we needed a place to grieve and for her to heal.”

“I ran Between the Lines, here in Winchester Falls with Nic and Adam and when the accident happened,” Izzy took a deep breath, “I needed a long time to heal on the inside and the out. Logan helped me to do that.”

“Were the police able to determine what happened?” Kim asked.

Izzy’s eye glittered and for a moment he was afraid she was going to tell Kim exactly what they believed. “Electrical problems with an old converted brownstone.”

“And the concert that you’re doing tonight?”

Logan laced his fingers with hers. “The Wolfes and Wesleys lost so very much. We’ve all been a part of Winchester Falls for years. Nichole and Adam, all their lives—myself for the last fifteen years. The town wanted to help with Adam’s hospital costs so we’ll do what we do best—bring people together at The Barn and raise some money.”

“That’s amazing and generous.”

Logan shook his head. “This is just time, it’s far less than I would rather do. All we want is Adam to get better. So tonight we’ll be performing at The Barn, here in Winchester Falls. Special guests Brooklyn Dawn, Cole Deveraux, and Alex Nash will all be here to help us. Tickets are still on sale and we’ll be live streaming the show for a small fee. Just go to the All the King’s Men website for details. All the money collected tonight will go to Adam and Nichole’s family. And if you stick around there’s something a little special happening after the show.”

“Would you mind if a crew from Music Life came?”

Logan smiled. “Absolutely not. Get the word out. We want this to be a great success.”

“Thank you both so much for coming on the show and I’m glad to see you’ve made a full recovery, Isabella. We can’t wait to find out what the surprise is tonight. We hope you enjoyed our special hour with All the King’s Men in the studio and our special interview with Logan King and the future Mrs. King, Isabella Grace.”

Kim turned to the screen and gave her signoff schpiel and Logan sat back in his chair. One thing down, a million more to go. He turned to Isabella and found her staring out the window. The sexy siren subdued with talk of her best friends.

He had to make sure everything went off without a hitch tonight.

She couldn’t take another disappointment.

And neither could he.

Thirty-Seven

Bella pinned her hair up and ran her fingers through the hot bath to make sure the temperature wouldn’t scald. Six months ago she would practically poach herself in a hot bath, but these days she had to be mindful of her still healing skin.

The interview hadn’t been nearly as bad as she’d thought, but a tension headache had reached its way up into body from shoulders to the very top of her head. Staving off a migraine and a minor meltdown required some one-on-one therapy with Logan’s jet tub.

He was stuck down with Marcus hashing out the last of the security concerns, as well as three other radio interviews to bring more people in for the last minute show. The Brooklyn Dawn bus was down at The Barn rehearsing and Cole and Nash had taken over the studio to record a song they were going to donate to the cause.

Everyone had something to do except her.

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