Chapter 8

“Damn, that woman can move! Dot wasn’t bad either last night. Can’t believe they made more papers than us,” David was skimming through the news papers that Richie had passed him. Turned out Dot and Leah’s good time got a bit more attention than they expected. “Where are they anyway? Was expecting to have bumped into them by now are they not working today, Jon?” Startled at David saying his name, Jon had him repeat the question only offering a shrug as the answer. A little bewildered at Jon’s lack of answer David caught Richie’s attention to see if he knew what was wrong with him. Richie mouthed the word Dot and David nodded acknowledging he was in the way, he knew Jon would only ever tell all the details to Richie so he made himself scarce. “So how did it go last night when she got back?” Richie asked after David had left. “I’ll let you know when she gets back,” Jon replied angrily. “You mean she never came back?“ Richie was stumped, he had never known Dot not to come home. Jon just shook his head. “Do you know where she is?”
“No idea, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. She won’t pick up her phone either,” Jon seemed almost detached when he spoke. “Well do you have Leah’s number? She was with her last night maybe she stayed at her place.” Jon searched through his phone and on finding Leah’s number he passed it to Richie.


“Hello?” Leah answered. “Eh, hello there Leah, sorry to bother you but I was just wondering if you had seen Dot today?” Richie asked nervously. Feeling a tap on his shoulder he turned to find himself facing Leah. “I thought that was you two in here,” Leah said then turning towards Jon “I’ve just delivered your wife to her room. I think she wants to talk to you.” Leah was surprised to see the relief in Jon’s face when she told him, after the welcome he gave his wife at the show last night she was expecting him to be mad but she could see the love this man had for his wife just by looking at him. “She wasn’t having a great day yesterday so I took her out for a while and we had a little too much to drink that’s why we ended up at my place, sorry.” Jon pulled her into a cuddle, “Don’t be sorry, thank you for looking after her.” Leah was shocked at his reaction, she had definitely expected some fireworks when she explained where they had been. Letting go of Leah, Jon made his way to exit the bar, “I better go see her. Oh and by the way great moves last night!” Leah felt herself go pink. “Well fancy a drink while you’re here then?” Richie asked her. Agreeing she sat down beside him while Richie ordered the drinks. She couldn’t help but steal glances at him while she thought he wasn’t looking. The man was so sexy it was hard not to look at him. Realising neither of them had spoken since she sat down, Leah asked “so what time should we be at the airport at to get to Boston?” He explained how they normally work with the schedules and told her she would be picked up by one of the cars later in the day. She was surprised at how easy it was to talk to him and found the man unbelievably funny. He had her in tears from laughing so hard. Eventually they had to part company to get their things packed for the airport.


A short time later a car pulled up outside Leah’s hotel to take her to the airport. She happily jumped in the back finding she was in the car with Tico and David. Both were teasing her about the dancing she had done the night before and about the articles that had been printed about her and Dot. As they neared the airport for the short flight to Boston she suddenly started panicking over the plane they would be going in as she wasn’t the biggest fan of flying. She was grateful that she was with David and Tico as they helped keep her calm and assured her she wouldn’t be crashing in any plane of theirs. Standing inside the airport waiting for the others to return from the toilet, Leah got a fright when Richie appeared at her side whispering in her ear, “I don’t know what you did to they two but it seems to have worked.” His voice sent shivers done her spine. She turned to look at who he was talking about and found Jon and Dot walking hand in hand looking very cosy. Shocked at the sight of them so happy together she turned back to Richie, “I don’t know what happened but it definitely had nothing to do with me.”


The flight to Boston went quickly barely giving Leah enough time to get used to the private plane they would be using to travel almost everywhere during the tour. She watched Jon and Dot a lot of the time when they arrived in Boston, she wasn’t sure if they were really happy or if it was an act they had put on, she had never seen anyone have such a change of heart in such a short time. Deciding it was none of her business, she turned her thoughts to work and developed some ideas for them to work on tomorrow. Dot and Leah had gone to the show again tonight but instead of jumping around all night Leah watched the guys on stage. They really loved what they were doing. She watched each of them in turn but found her attention always strayed back to Richie. When he played he looked like he had left the country, it was as though he had gone to his own little place. A few times he had looked up and straight into Leah’s eyes which made her blush, she felt as if she had intruded on his little place.


After the show finished they all headed to a local bar for some drinks before they would have to head back to the hotel. After watching David get thrashed in a dare game that he, Tico and Richie were playing, Leah decided to come to his rescue. He had approached a number of women in the bar that Tico and Richie had dared him to try and pull but to no avail. “Would you guys mind if I gave him a tip?” she asked as she sat between David and Tico at the table. “No funny stuff, I’ll let you two pick the girl.” After discussing it as though it were an important business decision the two picked out one of the best looking women in the bar for David to pull. Leah spent the next few minutes whispering in David’s ear so the other two wouldn’t hear. As he made his way over to her, Leah heard Richie say “It’s never going to happen, he’s got no chance look at her.” Leah smiled before replying “Watch and learn boys, watch and learn.” To Richie and Tico’s amazement within 30 minutes David was leaving the bar with this beautiful woman. Before he left he ran back to their table, “I think I win! You are a genius lady!” Planting a big kiss on Leah’s cheek. She couldn’t help but laugh at the expression on the other two’s faces, their chins were almost on the floor in shock. “Did that really just happen?” Tico asked Richie, who nodded his answer, “That’s usually you that’s leaving with the beauty and you’ve never managed it in that short a time,” Tico stated still wide eyed in amazement. Richie moved into the seat beside Leah putting an arm around her, “So how many drinks do I have to buy you before you tell me the secret of whatever you just told him?” Leah laughed before adding, “Secrets are for keeping, if you tell them to anyone they don’t mean anything anymore.” She winked before announcing she was leaving to go to bed.