The Ro Bro by JA Huss & Johnathan McClain

Author:JA Huss & Johnathan McClain [Huss, JA & McClain, Johnathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JA Huss & Johnathan McClain
Published: 2023-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

After Terry and I end the call I just sit there in the conference room of my hotel suite and stare at the reflection in the window of the Vegas lights outside. I should get up, go find Essie and Mike, and mingle.

But what’s the point?

Really, why do I even come?

No one wants to see me. No one cares that I’m even here.

But then I remember the panel I did this morning and a feeling of… I dunno—warmth, I guess—washes over me. It felt good to be the author in the room. It felt amazing, actually. I’ve been living the life of a writer for ten years now. Missing out on all the important moments.

The similarities to Shawn and Dawn’s situation isn’t missed. I mean, it’s different. But the same, too.

I’ve wasted ten years of my life living a lie. And why?

I don’t actually have a reason. In the beginning, it made sense because it was a temporary thing. Just a little side project. And yeah, I’m a dude writing erotic romance. So fine. I was a little embarrassed. Like romance is beneath me.

I’m sure I felt that way. At one time.

But I cannot actually remember feeling that way recently. I’m not embarrassed. I am a good writer. I like my stories. Maybe naming that girl Sugar was over the top, but she was over the top too. It fit her. Perfectly.

Readers made fun of it at first. A few weeks, maybe. But then everyone loved Sugar. She was an awesome character. And even though Choke makes me cringe, he’s a Master with a heart of gold.

It’s still my bestselling series. All these years later, they still ask for more Choke and Sugar.

I don’t know why the sci-fi readers hated my books. It doesn’t make much sense.

But it doesn’t matter, either. I love those books. I believe in them. I put my real name on them.

In fact, I’ve got plots for at least two more books. I just never wrote them because I figured there was no point. But you know what?

Maybe that’s the point. Maybe I’m looking at this the wrong way? Maybe I should write them for me and not anyone else?

Which leads me back to Cordelia, and how she did this exact same thing, and then chickened out and wrote what the market demanded.

She’s going to throw that book away. And fine, that’s her business, I guess. It’s her career. I’m not gonna tell her what to do with it. But I am gonna tell her something else.

I go back into the main living room, flip on the TV and order pay-per-view and room service.

But I don’t drown my sorrows and spend the night in a pizza-and-beer-induced fog of self-loathing, either.

I make a choice.

I will win her back.

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