Silence On The Main Stage

ic memorabilia. She and Brian arrived wearing matching, custom-designed j

p sweater I' d

red. I could hear them whispering. "Is

m, laughing at his jokes, making sure

-a vintage synthesizer, a signed guitar-Nicole' s paddle shot up.

announced. A one-of-a-kin

od ran

sturbing piece of music I was forced to create during my kidnappi

it. I had to b

I raised my paddle, Nicole immedia

r," she said loudly enough for the people

life savings draining away. Finally, I remembered a li

e rule allowed a bidder to challenge the final offer by matchin

but the rule was valid. I of

he tape

s cornered me in the parking garage. They grabbed me, a

the tape,

he case to m

down while she took the tape from my

n. "This is for Brian," she said, her tone icy. "So y

told her in confidence, was Brian's. She wa

ft me tied up in a dark,