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was a girl, not a guy like they had all been lead to believe.
    “Hoolleeeee-shyiiit!”
    Os ’ thundering howl of discontent echoed loudly in the small auditorium while Joe’s jaw dropped.
    Unabashed by Chris ’ reveal, Wade didn’t so much as bat an eyelash and appeared rather apathetic. But after a few moments, a small smile crept onto Wade’s face.
    “Chris tine , I assume.”
    “Chris,” she corrected angrily.
    “Fine. Chris. You think you can play like that all the time?  I have zero tolerance for fuck-ups.”
    Chris huffed through her nose. “I can play your shit in the dark.”
    Wade nodded with approval at her confidence and her thick skin.
    “Good. Some day you may do just that. Welcome to Heretic.”
    And with that, Wade turned and left a stunned audience behind him - fully prepared to make a b-line to the bus and his bed.  But no sooner than Wade walked out of the building, than Joe p ushed past Os and bounded up on stage.
    Excited at the prospect of a female band member, he immediately ran up to meet Chris, snatched her hand and began to shake it vigorously.
    “ Hey-Hey! I’m Joe!”
    As Joe introduced himself, Os huffed in disgust and quickly ran out to catch up to brother who was already halfway to the bus.  As soon as he came upon him, Os grabbed his brother’s arm and spun him around.
    “Dude! The hell’er you doin’!?  You can’t be serious about this!”
    Wade was beyond irritable and just too damn exhausted to walk t o the bus let alone fight with his brother again. Still, he held his ground and jerked his arm out of his brother’s grasp.
    “What ’s the problem, Os?”
    “What ’s the-!? Hell man! She’s a fuckin’ girl!”
    “So what? Because she has tits, she can ’t play?”
    “ ‘So what!?’ We can’t have a chick in Heretic!  If anyone found out-!”
    But Wade was upon his brother in a second and got right into his face.
    “ No one will find out, Os. Not if we keep our big mouths shut !” Wade spouted back.
    “ This isn’t gonna work, man! You know as well as I do that chicks can’t-!”
    “ Can’t what, Os?! Play? Were you fuckin’ sleeping or did you actually see what happened back there? You know, last time I checked, there are plenty of girls who play the same kinda music we do-!”
    “But not…Heretic!” Os reached and grabbed for his brother’s wrist again and stared into Wade’s eyes like a raving madman. “Listen man, you throw that girl into the band with us and there’ll be no tellin’ how many fans we’ll lose. She won’t be good enough to-!”
    “ To what?!  Replace Hess? We all got our balls stomped on, alright?”
    “ Wade-.”
    “ ALL of us!” Wade roared. “But the only thing that I regret now is that we didn’t find her sooner ,” Wade fumed in silent resolve. Then, he looked down at his wrist. “Now, are you going to lose your man-grip or do I have to tell everyone you got a busted lip because you tripped over the speakers during rehearsals… again ?”
    Despite the fact that Os was clearly larger and heavier than his younger brother, it did little to motivate him to continue the argument. Left with no choice, he released his brother’s arm allowing Wade to continue walking to the bus. As far as he was concerned, he would sleep until California.
    Os huffed and tried to protest again despite Wade ’s threat, but it seemed no matter what he tried to come up with, he couldn’t get the words out. But then, Wade decided that he’d had enough with Os’ blundering attempt at a retort.
    “Look, just stop it already!” Suddenly, Wade moved in on his brother so quick, it scared the hell out of Os, but he stood there regardless, even as Wade forcibly pushed his finger into his brother’s chest. Soon, Wade’s loud voice turned into low growl. “If you can find me a guy who can play better than her - fine.  If not, then shut the hell up!”
    Wade turned and left his brother speechless as he climbed onto the bus and