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headphones, looked frantic. “Eli has his mic on and something is up in the dressing rooms. Get there now.”
    I sprinted as fast as I could through the rows of chairs and was close to the dressing rooms when I heard yelling. It sounded like a huge uproar and I hurried towards the sound. I walked into Jarrod's dressing room where Dan, Eli and a few girls were hanging out. Jarrod was up in Eli's face and they were both screaming a slew of curse words at each other. Their faces were beet red and I hoped it wasn't going to get physical.
         “I am sick of your shit, Jarrod. You really think you're something special, and to be honest, your whole attitude makes me sick. You have let the biz get to you. You never used to be such an asshole to everyone around you. Why don't you just grow the fuck up?”
         “For a rock star, your holier-than-thou attitude is somewhat contradictory. Get out of my face, Eli. You're just jealous that the best girls only want me. You only get my leftovers. Hell, even my leftovers don't want you.”     
         Eli looked like he wanted to hit Jarrod, but instead turned and walked past me and out of the room. I wasn't about to stick around and become an object of Jarrod's ridicule, so I followed Eli instead.
    He made a sharp turn and headed outside into the evening sun. I didn’t know what to say.
    “Your mic is on,” I said blandly.
    “Huh?” He turned and looked at me.
    “Your mic is still on from sound check. Leo heard the fight. What was that all about?”
    He shrugged. “I’m sick and tired of him. He’s toxic to all of us. I heard Jack, our drummer, wants to leave because Jarrod made some crude joke about sleeping with his wife. I don’t blame him. I want out too.”
    “But you’re still going to play tonight, right? I mean they need you.”
    He sighed, dragging his fingers through his wavy hair. “Yeah, I guess. Will you be watching?”
    “Always.” I could hardly take my eyes off of him now.
    “Good.” He smiled and then clicked off his mic. “See you in there.”
    “Bye.”
         When the concert finally got underway, it went downhill fast. I could tell Eli was attempting to let go of his anger from earlier, but Jarrod was relentless. At one point while he was singing, Jarrod even picked up a guitar of his own and started riffing through Eli's parts. Eli threw him some serious shade, but Jarrod didn’t even notice, or care. My mouth hung open as I watched Jarrod rip apart the concert, and Dan just stood to the side shaking his head. We were powerless to stop it, and nobody wanted to bring any more attention to the situation than the two guys were. Dan was thinking about front page news, and he definitely didn't want the band to be on it for that reason. When the last set was finished, Eli stormed off the stage and walked up to Dan and said, “I quit,” before walking away.
         Both Dan and I followed behind him. “What are you talking about? You can't quit.” Dan grabbed hold of Eli's arm and stopped him.
         My heart was hammering in my chest. This is bad. Really bad.
         Eli spun around and looked at us. “Fuck it, Dan. Jarrod is out of control. There isn't a hat big enough to cover up that ego and I'm sick of it. I'm sorry, Dan, I know this puts you in a difficult position, but I can't continue to work with him. I'll start my own band. Screw this shit. Now leave me alone. I'm going.”
         Dan threw up his hands and walked away. Eli and I stood there staring at each other. He moved closer to me.
         “Come with me.”
         “What?”
         “Come back to New York with me. I need you to be there, have my back.”
         “I mean, I guess, but only if I can stay on as your intern. It's pretty important to me.” I didn't want to admit that I needed the money desperately and he didn't make me explain.
         “That’s not a problem. In fact, I’ll double whatever Dan is paying you. I just