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of her cubicle and took the elevator to
the lobby. She managed to find a cab and rode to the W Hotel in a
state of shock. Pushing through the lobby door, she found Gage
pacing, obviously waiting for her. When he saw her, he strode over,
reaching for her. She backed away. Gage stopped, looking
confused.
    “What’s wrong, Kate? What’s happened?” He
moved closer, his face creased with a frown.
    As she was about to answer Gage, a scream
from across the lobby made both of them jump. She turned to see a
gaggle of teenage girls scurrying across the lobby, calling Gage’s
name, waving pens and papers. Before either of them could react,
they were surrounded, the girls pushing between her and Gage.
    Kate took a step back, watching as Gage
turned on the charm, asking each girl her name and signing their
assorted belongings. To her horror, one of the girls pulled her
shirt down, asked Gage to sign her breast, saying she was going to
get his name tattooed on her. Gage deflected the girl, instead
signing her forearm. The girls then produced cameras and
cellphones, asking for pictures. Gage stood briefly, arms around
the shoulders of two girls. And then he moved away from the girls,
thanking them and almost dragging Kate by the arm toward the
elevators. Kate heard snickering behind her and glanced back to see
the group whispering and pointing.
    “Forget them, Kate. They’re teenage girls;
they’re going to hate you no matter who you are. You’re not ‘Kate
Preston’ to them; you’re the girl they’re not.” He pushed the
elevator call button several times, shifting restlessly as they
waited for the car.
    It wasn’t until they were behind the closed
door of his suite that he finally spoke.
    “Okay, Kate. What is it? You cut me off on
the phone, you’re obviously upset. What’s going on?” Gage sat on
the arm of a chair, his face etched with concern.
    “Is there something you want to tell me,
Gage? About your future plans? Not ‘our’ future, but yours?”
    Gage closed his eyes, running his hand
through his hair. He was silent for a long moment. Then he looked
up at Kate.
    “Yeah, I heard about the European tour from
my manager today. I swear, when you were here, I had no idea this
was being set up.”
    “Gage, really? You expect me to believe that
a multi-nation tour came together since the US tour ended? In just
a few days? Even I know things don’t move that fast.”
    Kate was breathing hard, anger suddenly
flooding through her. “You knew this but you didn’t tell me. You’re
just playing me to get what you want, to have it both ways. You
want me but you want things to just keep going the way they have
for you.”
    Gage stood. “That’s unfair, Kate. It’s not
what I want. But I told you yesterday that there were things I
could not control about my life. And this is one of them. I heard
about this after you left. I swear.”
    Rooting in her bag, Kate pulled out the cheap
paper, tossing it on the coffee table. Gage leaned down, picking up
the paper. Kate saw the paper tremble in his hands as he sat down,
as he looked at the photo and read the brief article. He finally
looked up at her, anguish written across his face.
    “Like I said, Kate, I didn’t know about this.
The quote…” he shook the paper “…was something my manager made up.
I’m sure at some point in the past I said I’d like to see my
European fans, but never in the context of going there next month.”
He sighed, tossing the paper back on the table. He rose, standing
in front of Kate.
    “Look, I know you’re upset, but what do you
want me to do? This is beyond my control now. We’re going to have
to make the best of it, to work through this. It’s what I was
talking about, how there are things I can’t control. I can only
control how I react to them.”
    “So, if you’ve known this since this morning,
when were you planning on telling me?”
    “Kate, as soon as I could. I’d just hung up
from talking with my manager when you