Back in college, Larry Carson played drums in a friend’s band and fell in love with the lead singer, Geoffrey Mason. But all that’s in the past. Larry’s now thirty-five, divorced, and father to a precocious thirteen-year-old daughter. One day, when Larry picks Crystal up from school, a song comes on the radio by a new rockstar climbing the charts. Larry recognizes Geoff’s voice immediately, though Crystal calls him Geo and claims he’s the hottest new singer on the scene. Just hearing him brings back a flood of memories, reopening wounds Larry thought long healed. The more he listens to Geo’s music, the more Larry falls in love with his former boyfriend all over again. Partly to prove to his daughter that he used to know Geo back in the day, and partly to reconnect with his old friend, Larry buys tickets to an upcoming concert and manages to score backstage passes. But there was a reason Larry and Geoff lost touch -- and stayed out of touch for so long. Will Geo even want to see Larry again after all this time? Or will the magic of their old familiar song bring about a harmonious duet?

Old Familiar Song

But Geo waved off his concern. “I’ll send you back in the limo. no problem. You haveto see this hotel room. Doug would flip. Not A Boy Band neverstayed anywhere this posh.”


“We never stayed anywhere, period.” Leaning back against the rail edging the elevator’s wall, Larry gave Geo a one-sided grin. “Besides, what happened to our rule of not talking about him or the band when it was just us?”


From across the elevator, Marnie shot him a quick look over the top of her phone.


Geo laughed. “Right, right! I’d forgotten that one. So no more talking about Doug.” Taking a step closer, he pressed his hip to Larry’s in what may have been a playful gesture, or might’ve been meant as something more. Larry didn’t know. “From here on out, we’ll only talk about the two of us.”


The way Marnie scowled, Larry was sure Geo hadn’t intended that to come out sounding like it did.


Chapter 58