Mystery Bride's Revenge (Selina)

Chapter 9

The first guy had a classic surfer look, complete with untanned skin and a laid-back grin, while his brother had a more low-key, cool vibe. Dressed to the nines in their rocker best, they both rocked long hair and some stylish ear piercings.

"Hey, you must be Selina. I'm Thomas Cooper, lead singer and guitar guy. And that's my younger brother Luke, the one on bass Lydia's tokl us all about you, so let's see what you've got. We're all rooting for you. Thomas said with a smile that lit up the room. Luke just gave a subele nod as his bello.

Selina

et this show on the road.

shot back a nod and said, "Cool to meet you both. I'm all in. Let's get

Lydia clapped to grabs everyone's attention. "Right, let's rock it, people. We've got 20 minutes to bring it all together, so let's make it count and blow the roof off this place, got it!"

The opening act's set wrapped up, leaving a fifteen-minute break before The Rose was up. Starlight Club was buzzing with energy after that killer opener.

next to Timothy, was starting to worry. "Hey, what's taking Kevin so long! And where the heck is Selina? I'm so worried. You think we should check on them?" Timothy took a casual

Kevin had scored,

the stage,

Ashley and Timothy couldn't quite see who was who in the dim light, just chatting

of Selma with a guitar in the lead guitarist's usual spor "What's going on Since when does Selina play with The Rose?" He had watched The Rose's shows before, and the guitarist was never Selina. Maybe the regular guitarist had an emergency,

insincerity. It made sense now. Selina cut ties with the Harvey family and got into Starlight Chib

letting her play guitar... Timothy said with a smirk. "I can't wait for them to mess up. If they're bad sonight at Starlight Club, no one will book them again" He didn't think Selina could really play. To him, she was just a nobody; all looks, no talent. The idea of marrying her disgusted him like bugs on his skin. If he had to choose someone from the family circle, it'd be Ashley every time. Selina should have stayed out of the picture for good. Timothy had been stressed about Selina causing drama with her return, But Ashley

Timothy, we can't let this happen. I can't watch Selina mess up again. Now she's with two guys for money?" Ashley said it loud enough for others to hear. Timothy's friends looked entertained and started whispering. The Harvey family's heiress, gone for twenty-one years, now with rock stars for money? That was big

with electric

lost in the music, each note alive around

praying to anyone who would listen. But seeing Selina owning the stage, she couldn't help but scream with joy. Thomas and Luke were floored. Once Selina got going, she commanded the stage, outshining the twins and going toe-to-toe with Lydia. During rehearsal, she had been just okay, but right now, she was on fire-born performer stepping up when it

the crowd shouted, flipping their opinion after Ashley's earlier smears suggested Selina was nothing more than a sellout. Now, everyone could see she wasn't bringing the band down, she was leading it with the swagger of a superstar. Ashley was seething. This was not how it was supposed to go. She'd been ready to film Selina's Failure and show it to the Harvey family, to prove Selina was out of the family