She stood up and walked towards the door, head held high to avoid the tears.

Carlos wondered what trick she was playing this time when she turned around and asked, “Do you really not want to see me again?”

Carlos wanted to say no, but when he thought of Piggy, the child she had with another man, he simply answered, “It’s true.”

“I see.” Debbie’s eyes reddened as she lowered her head and flashed a self-mocking smile. She left the ward without saying anything more.

She took steps to avoid seeing Carlos again. Even though they lived in the same building, he hadn’t seen Debbie at all.

Two months later, Debbie went to the offices of recording Label with her new album.

Listening to the original tape, Ruby gave Debbie a thumbs-up. There were ten songs on the demo. Surprisingly, there were two cheerful songs.

ads, TV spots, a release date announcement, full concept teasers including the date, teaser pics, and

sold online and at

two hundred thousand was

a text message saying, “Carlos, please reconsider the number of albums. A million

that she didn’t believe in herself, but the

have to wait too long

confidence in the

by saying, “Is that because of

it. She had exhausted herself preparing the new album over the past two months,

aggressive promotional cycle including hourly Twitter and Instagram updates fueled a number of pre-orders. Most of the physical products, which contained

Ruby told Debbie the news, she thought she was lying to

in one go, I’ll hold twenty concerts

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