chapter thirteen TREY I’m panicking beside Charlie. My palms are slick with sweat and I wipe them against the white cloth of the sofa. I’m seriously considering yelling ‘fire!’ and racing out of this living room. Anything to change the subject! I’ve managed to keep the fact that I’m in a famous band from Charlie for the past month. I know she won’t treat me differently. She’s a confident, capable woman who is quite satisfied with herself. It’s one of the main things that drew me to her. Keeping Dust and Ashes from Charlie has more to do with my own major character flaws than with hers. If Charlie finds out that I’m Trey Johnson, lead drummer of Dust and Ashes, she’ll find out about… the other stuff. I made a ton of mistakes and they were all quite public. The man that I am when I

