Page 44 of P.S. I'm Still Yours
Before everything changed.
I don’t know how I would feel going back after all these years.
Does it even matter? my broke student college brain interjects. As long as it’s free and I can get a summer job somewhere close to it, I’ll be able to save up tons of money before school picks up again. Plus, what else am I going to do? Couch surf for the rest of the summer?
I’m about to accept Evie’s invitation when I realize…
“It’s just going to be the three of us, right?”
Her skin pales at my question, and my stomach drops on cue.
I know instantly.
Then she says it.
“Kane will be there, too.”
HADLEY
“Are you going to be okay?” Mom’s voice cuts through the emotional turmoil her news unleashed on me.
I sure as hell am not going to be okay.
But I can’t tell her that.
I’m too busy trying to process what she just said.
“He…” I clear my throat. “I thought he was supposed to be on tour.”
Last I heard, his US tour is kicking off in June. I know because it’s all Maggie could talk about these past few months. She spent seven hours queueing up to snatch tickets to his Charlotte concert next fall, but it was sold out within minutes.
She nods. “He was, but the tour’s been canceled.”
“Really? Why?”
“I’m not sure. Evie mentioned he got dropped by his record label. Maybe that has something to do with it?”
Kane got dropped from his label?
That’s how you know shit is getting serious.
“That still doesn’t explain why he’ll be at the beach house.”
“All I know is, his mom wants him out of the spotlight for a while. She thinks reconnecting with his roots might help him get his act together.”
I can’t imagine how disappointed his fans must’ve been when they heard the news. It isn’t long before I surrender to my curiosity and pull out my phone. I enter the key words “Kane Wilder tour” into the search bar.
The first thing that comes up is an article with an attention-grabbing headline.
Kane Wilder cancels tour and announces hiatus after assault on Joshua Caldwell.
I tap the link, my eyes skimming over the article.
Kane Wilder’s new management put out a statement early this morning, informing the singer’s fans of his US tour’s cancellation. Fans all over the United States are heartbroken at the thought of missing their idol’s concert and begging for any scraps of information as to when they can expect Instagram’s Most Followed Male Artist to return to the stage.
My gaze drops lower to the excerpts of the statement that was shared on his social media.
Kane deeply regrets what happened and wishes to present his sincerest apologies to Joshua Caldwell and his loved ones. He and his family have deemed it for the best that he take some personal time to reflect on his actions.