I could have just asked Duke to keep my secret. I could have just said, “Duke, would you please not tell anyone who I am?” But, no. Because after years and years in the music industry, I’d become a suspicious woman who trusted one and only one person on this earth—Everly. Considering that Duke had accepted the bribe, my cynical side was struggling to see how there’d been any other option. Everyone else just wanted a piece of me. My money. My music. My looks. My sole purpose in life had been to be the brand.
