Free FanGirl Squeal (RockStars of Romance Book 1) by Jackie Chanel, Madison Taylor

back the rock?”
    Cash nodded his head. “Mailed it…with a note.”
    “What a cold-hearted bitch,” Donnie whistled. “What are you
gonna do with it? They let people like you return million dollar rings, right?”
    “I don’t know. Never bought an engagement ring before,” Cash
shrugged. “If I can’t, I’m gonna let Mom hock it. She can use what she gets for
it to buy her a house back home.”
    Donnie stopped on the top step and grabbed the back of Cash’s
shirt. “Your mom’s movin’ back home?”
    “Yeah. I gotta start lookin’ for new management.”
    “Wipe that sorry ass look off your face!” Donnie howled. “You
know you’re happier than a pig in shit!
    Only two people knew how badly Cash wanted his mom to quit.
Donnie was one of them. Having his mother just be his mother again was the best
announcement he’d heard all year.
    “You know,” Donnie said as they walked down the hallway
towards the living room. “You’ve been doing the music thing for what, eight or
nine years? You don’t need to pay anyone to manage your career. You can do that
yourself. It’s not like you’re a rookie tryin’ to book his own gigs. You don’t
even have to work as hard as you used to ‘cause you’ve made it. Money isn’t an
issue. All you need is a good lawyer.” Donnie smiled proudly. “And you already
have me.”
    Again, Cash nodded in agreement. “Yeah, but I don’t want to
do it myself. Not right now, anyway. Maybe after Brittany graduates and goes to
college when I’ll finally have some time.”
    “You sound like her dad.”
    “Yeah? Well, sometimes I have to act like it. I did adopt
her.”
    Tracy was already sitting in the living room with Jennifer
and Brittany when Cash and Donnie entered. All three of them were wiping tears
from their eyes as Tracy slipped her iPad back in her bag. Cash immediately
went into protector mode as his skin pricked anxiously. Without knowing what
was wrong, he immediately got angry. Whoever had made his sister, mother, and
publicist cry would pay for it.
    “What happened?” he demanded.
    “Unswell your chest,” Brittany answered. “It’s good. Very
good. Sit.”
    “I don’t want to sit.”
    “Please, Cash, sit down,” Tracy pleaded.
    Cash studied Brittany’s face then his mom’s very carefully
as he lowered himself slowly into a chair. Aside from damp cheeks, everything
looked okay.
    “What’s going on?”
    “Do you remember seeing Savannah Ford in L.A. at the KISS FM
party last month?”
    “I have no idea who you’re talking about.”
    Tracy shook her head. Victoria had really done a number on
him. Normally, Cash didn’t forget a pretty face.
    “Anyway, I went to college with Savannah and she’s a really
kind girl. Her entertainment site is bigger than Perez Hilton’s right now.”
    “The blogger?” Cash raised his eyebrows. “You flew all the
way here to tell me she still wants an interview? That’s why we have phones,
Tracy.”
    “No, it’s so much better.” Tracy’s brilliant hazel eyes
sparkled.
    Her wide smile stretched across her face as if she was about
to deliver the best news ever. But what could possibly top his mother retiring
as his manager?
    “Savannah is one of your biggest fans,” Tracy continued. “I’m
surprised you haven’t met her yet. She’s part of that group of fans that had
those SUPERFAN t-shirts this year. She’s the reason you met Michaela and her
parents. She gave them her Meet & Greet passes.”
    “Just great,” Donnie broke in. “A bleeding heart. Go ahead
and give the boy her number and start planning the wedding.”
    Brittany giggled. “Wait until you see what she did. We might
be planning a wedding for sure. I love this girl and I’ve never met her.”
    Tracy opened her Kate Spade bag and pulled out an
elaborately gift wrapped square box. She handed it to Cash as if she was doling
out Christmas gifts to the poor.
    “What is this?” he asked as he examined the silver and black
wrapping