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.

her. There were billboards, magazine ads, TV spots, a release date announcement, full concept teasers including the date, teaser

would be sold online and

Normally, two hundred thousand was an appropriate number.

please reconsider the number of albums. A million is a bit too much. After all, I only just signed with

that she didn’t believe in

to wait too

have confidence in the

this message and tease him by saying, “Is that because of my talent or

She had exhausted herself preparing the new album over the past two months, and she needed a

on July 7th was beyond belief. Every copy of Debbie’s albums, a million all told, was sold out on the day of release. An aggressive promotional cycle including hourly Twitter and Instagram updates fueled a number of pre-orders. Most of

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

one go, I’ll hold twenty concerts

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