Razing Ryker (Dissonance Book 1) by Jordanna James Read Free Book Online Page B

here?”
    “No, we’re good. The girls are at a class.”
    “Yeah, so Jace said nothing. Didn’t even introduce himself. His phone kept vibrating and he silenced it every time, but it was distracting as hell.”
    “How did your audition go, though? What’d they ask you to do?”
    “Not much. They said they’d seen my performance last night and pretty much already knew they wanted me. There are only going to be two men in the show and I’m one of them if I want it.”
    “Oh my God, that’s amazing!” She jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly. “Aren’t you excited?”
    “Yeah, it’s good. It’s work.”
    Greer pulled back, frowning. “So why aren’t you shitting yourself right now?”
    “Because it’s only one night.”
    “What?”
    “It’s a one time performance. Some super-secret concert he’s putting on soon. I had to verify that I’m free for the next three weeks. They’ll pay during rehearsals and for the show, but then I’m jobless again. I might be better off searching for something more permanent than wasting my time on a gig I know won’t last.”
    “But this is huge! This is Jace Ryker. He’s a rock star. The performance could be televised and who knows who might see it.”
    “I know, but he’s in trouble. This might be some kind of Hail Mary he’s throwing and I don’t know how smart it is to be part of it. It could backfire on him and on me. Everyone involved might end up being a joke. I can’t put a failure on my audition tape and then I burned almost a month on nothing.”
    “So you’re not going to do it?” she asked, her heart deflating. She’d had such high hopes for this. She hadn’t been able to sleep all night thinking about it. Thinking about Jace and his eyes and his smirk, but most of all she thought about his almost smile. The close call that had almost made his face look happy for just a split second. But then he was gone.
    “I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet. I’m gonna wait and see how your audition goes. If you decide to do it, I’ll go with you.”
    “You can’t make this decision based on me.”
    Cameron snorted. “Watch me.”
    “Cam,” she protested.
    He shook his head, swallowing a gulp of water. “It’s us or nothing, Greer. I’ll go if you go. Done deal.”
    “If they offer it to me, I’m taking it,” she warned.
    “Looks like we’re performing with Jace Ryker, then.”
     
    ***
     
    Two hours later, after Cameron had left the apartment because her nervous energy was ‘giving him ulcers’, Greer headed to her audition. The small studio it was taking place in was dark and deserted, a sure sign that Jace’s people had rented the entire thing out for the day to keep their little secret.
    “Greer Weston?” a tall, well-dressed man asked her as she entered. He had warm, dark eyes to match his dark skin, but when he smiled she saw two rows of perfect gleaming white teeth. His haircut was precision with tight lines and an even buzz. Everything about him spoke to Greer and what it was saying was money . She was surrounded by it, she knew that, and even though she couldn’t see it, she could see its affects everywhere. In the emptied out building, in the manicured man in front of her, in the heavy smell of different colognes in the hallway.
    “Yes, I’m Greer,” she answered, quickly shaking his offered hand. “Nice to meet you.”
    “Nice to meet you too, hon. I’m Grant, Jace’s assistant. Come on inside.”
    She followed him to the end of the hall and found a small room with a piano in the corner and a table set up in front of the window. Pretty standard for an audition and a part of her started to relax into the familiarity. Then she scanned the table and realized Jace wasn’t there. He’d been at Cameron’s audition. Did that mean something? Had they already made their decisions and they were having her audition anyway to be kind?
    “We’ve got David on the piano over there,” Grant told her, pointing to a