“Matt shouted over falsetto singing, scatting, and a two-note bass line. “This one is one of the all-time greats. It’s him teaming up with this other band, Queen. It was huge! This was like 1981, 1982.” “You’re making up years that never existed!” Mingmei yelled back. “Surely, the world was a void before I was born!” Lian watched the adults on the dance floor, doing awkward, tipsy adult dances to the mid-tempo song. Clearly, they had all existed before Mingmei was born—several of them knew when ...to shout along with the singer’s plea, “Let me out!” Lian wanted to shout it, too. The run-in with Rand Harrison had left her shaken and had seemed like the perfect cue to call it a night. She’d only entered the lounge to say good-bye to Mingmei and the boys but had gotten swept up in Matt’s pop music lecture. “Hey,” he said as the epic track quieted for a few measures of harmonizing and snaps. “It’s so damn noisy in here, I can’t hear myself think. Which is a shame, because I am awesome at thinking.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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