Only Thing That's Real

Ryan Staley has got to go.

We hired the beautiful, fierce journalist to chronicle my band's farewell tour.

But that was before my life blew up.

Before every stage I performed on became shrouded in the shame of my secret.

A secret I haven't even shared with my bandmates, my chosen family.

Now is not the time for deep-diving questions about my life, but Ryan is around every corner I turn and refuses to be intimidated or ignored.

She wants to know what I'll do when my touring career comes to a screeching halt, and I move back to the small town I couldn't run away from fast enough.

A town I can no longer avoid.

But Ryan has claimed every spare thought in my head. Her lips, hypnotizing to the point of distraction. The perfect rasp of her voice, sending chills down my spine, asking questions I can't answer, and making me risk spilling all my secrets.

Ryan Staley has got to go.