Chapter 17“You’re quitting?” Simon asks, staying still as Fi works her stylist magic with the thrown together outfit she’d picked out for him. “Leaving the group is what’s best for us all. I’m not the right person for this career and you guys never needed an extra member in the band. I don’t add anything to the group,” Ryan explains, buttoning his own jacket. Luke and Simon don’t seem all that surprised, which alleviates some of the guilt Ryan has been feeling about stuffing the band around. “I don’t know. Jasper’s gotten a lot out of it,” Luke jokes. Jasper and Blake are on a different planet, standing to the side of the room, deep in a conversation that seems to be at least ninety percent laughter. At the sound of his name though, Jasper turns and tries to compose himself to join the

