Chapter 7

In all my admittedly self-righteous behavior, as Joey would call it, I never stopped to think that there might have been something going on with him, too. I, who had accused him of being selfish and ego-driven, may have been just as guilty.

I smiled and nodded as wedding guests walked by my station. The whole time we were together, Joey didn’t share much about himself. He was never that forthcoming about his past. He’d always deflect my probing and do something outrageous to throw me off the scent. All I knew was that he’d left home at seventeen to pursue music, moving his way through a series of bands until his current and longest running success with Hail The Dead Marys.