Page 17 of Love is a Drum Beat
Dax ignored his phone the first time it rang. And the second. He didn’t need any distractions while he sat in his home studio. Normally, he wouldn’t have brought his phone in here, but he’d kept it on him in case a certain drummer decided she needed his help after all.
This time, it wasn’t Jo. Noah’s face flashed across the screen. Dax could talk to him later. Right now, he had a song to work on. Piper sent over some lyrics almost the minute she heard Dax was doing a collaboration with the bandFate.Normally, Ben wrote the music to go with the lyrics, but Dax wouldn’t cede control even for his friend.
Piper was good, more than good. Her words spoke to something deep inside him. He hummed a line before singing the lyrics.
She is everything I wanted
Everything I cannot have
All I ever dreamed of
And more than I could ever see.
He pursed his lips as he tapped a pen on the page. A piano. This song needed a piano. He stood and crossed the studio to his keyboard. Propping the lyrics up, he rested his hands on the keys.She is everything I wanted.The tips of his fingers barely pressed down on keys before moving to the next. These words deserved a slow, melodic tune. Though, he’d eventually have to punch it up to fitFate’sbrand.
He shifted his eyes to the chorus.
We own the hearts
We own the places
That draw us together
Before we fall away
We own the world
We own the lips
That guide us
Before we lose our way
It needed more than a keyboard. With the notes he’d played still in his mind, he reached for his guitar and tried out a few chords before settling on a combination.
We own the hearts.
Yeah, that was good.
There was no place Dax felt more at home than the studio he’d built in his house.
He cursed as he saw his phone light up with Noah’s name again. The guy just wouldn’t give up. Dax set the guitar aside and answered. “Four calls? This better be important.”
“It is, Dax.” Noah’s voice held none of his usual joking tone.
Dax sat in a rolling chair behind the mixing board. “What’s wrong? Is it Stella? Is she okay?” If anything happened to that little girl, Dax would be crushed.
“It’s not Stella, everyone here is good. But…” Noah’s voice shook with worry, and it scared Dax
“But what? Tell me what’s going on.”
“Jo.” He sucked in a breath. “She’s in the hospital.”
Dax jumped to his feet and paced the length of the room. “Please tell me she’s okay.”
“I haven’t talked to her, so I don’t know.”
“What do you mean you haven’t talked to her?” Dax tried to keep his worry from turning into anger.
