It’s a new year, a new life.
Every year Kay makes a new year’s resolution but never follows through. But
things are about to change. Kay’s world is turned upside down the minute she
hands in her resignation. She informs her boss she’s resigning to follow her
dream of becoming a singer. This rib splitting news almost turns her boss the
colour of a strawberry; Kay’s convinced he’s wet himself.
‘A singer!’ He tried to
catch his breath. ‘You’re not pop star material.’ His subtle way of telling her
she’s two dress sizes too big.
He wasn’t far off the mark.
As soon as Kay hits the spotlight she becomes the next headline and it isn’t
her amazing soprano that’s got the attention. Instead it’s the roundness of her
hips that have been headlining twitter since she stepped onto the stage.
It isn’t until Nate, up and
coming rock star enters her life that things begin to take a different turn.
But Nate has some secret demons of his own that at some point Kay will have to
face too.
The
man who walked in was handsome. He wasn’t a Rock star, he was just a man. All
the titles disappeared and all that remained was him. Nate asked his entourage
to wait outside while he had a word with Kay. He was the man she was slowly
falling for even though she’d tried hard not too.
He
perched gently on the side of the bed and took her hand. His blond locks
flopped to the side as he tilted his head. For a moment Kay looked away feeling
ashamed, embarrassed.
‘Hey
don’t do this to yourself; you’re too good for that.’ He gently moved her head
so that she was looking directly into his light blue eyes.
She
bit back her lip.
‘Don’t
let them do this to you,’ he said gently.
Kay
knew exactly what he meant. Her body had been starved of nutrients. She’d
worked her body to its limit trying to rid her of the little fat she had so she
could hush the voices.
‘It’s
hard to ignore jabs like, great voice, nice face but fat or I’m surprised the
stage was still intact after that sing off with Nate… I’m not even fat!’ She
cried. ‘I can’t do this! I can’t do this anymore!’ The tears flowed.
Nate
squeezed her hand a little tighter and waited for the cries to subside.
‘When
someone sits behind a computer screen and posts nasty comments, it says a lot
about them. You’re not hiding; you stepped out to do what you love. The thing
about stepping out is that the attention is on you. People are watching and
waiting for you to fail, but there are also people out there waiting for you to
succeed.’ He rubbed his thumb over the back of her hand. ‘The people who say
these things aren’t bold enough to step out and live their lives, so don’t let
them change you.’ His face turned into a question.
‘What?’
she asked shyly.
‘I
don’t want you turning into a trouble maker.’
She
frowned.
‘You
know the types, no carbs, no meat, no salad dressing blah…blah blah… I mean
after all that what’s really left, air?’
She
giggled, he was funny.
‘Oh
I’ll have a plate of air please.’
Kay
was tickled and she couldn’t stop laughing.
‘Seriously
though, don’t be that girl. I like you just the way you are.’
Kay
felt a cold tingle journey through her body as she took in the magnitude of the
words. He liked her just the way she was. He nodded reassuring her that this
was true.
‘Don’t
let me find out you’ve turned into a bag of bones.’
‘How
else am I going to make this business?’
‘With
your voice.’
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