The after-party celebrating Crystal and Duke's final promotional mini-concert was a bloated festival of celebrities, would-be celebrities, and noted personalities: All of which were there mostly to celebrate and promote themselves rather than share in the collective excitement of this new joint project between the reigning king of pop and the newest left-field musical ingénue, Crystal.
Duke made his way through the throngs of familiar and unfamiliar faces as he continued searching for Crystal. They'd had separate dressing rooms since the first concert appearance, and she'd made a point to disappear from the venue immediately following the show, so Duke's attempts at spending time with her offstage had grown less and less productive.
As he made his way through the crowd the first familiar
