“We have barely even made it,” Owen protested. “We have one album out which is performing well, and we haven’t even started the tour for it. Hopefully, this is just the beginning.” Conversation spilled over the table, comments traded across the surface and the food, the mood becoming jovial and optimistic.
“Hey,” Seb said to Emily once the other three were engaged in their banter. “I saw you have another book out.”
“You did?” She was surprised and pleased.
“Yeah, of course,” he replied grinning at her across the table. “I follow you online.”
“Aww, thanks Seb,” she was touched. She had not been paying as much attention to her pen-name’s social media as she should do, she thought, letting her publisher handle all the promotion work. The publisher was always pushing for her to p
