<strong>Angela Corbett</strong><br/><br/>The van was unloaded in record time, I guess because there wasn't that much in it. The twins vanished upstairs and Beth followed them more slowly. Poor Beth. In more than one sense of the word, now, of course, but still. I don't think she resented my success, so much as she deplored her own lack of it. Of course, I could be wrong on that one, but... hey, blood is thicker than water. My sister made one mistake in my opinion: She married a looser instead of sticking with her sister. But that was being rectified. Of course it was sad, but hey people die all the time. Shit happens.<br/><br/>Speaking of water, I heard a bath running as I made my way upstairs. The door to the twins' room was open and I caught the tail end of Edward saying something about relaxing. I grinned and tapped on the door as i walked in. "Hey kids. Settling in okay? Couple of things. Dinner's at seven, but it's casual. I'm having Louise do a cold buffet, so you can come down whenever you like. However that's the other thing, I have a gig to go to tonight and I was wondering if you'd like to come? I can't promise it'll be any good, but hey, that's what I do..."<br/><br/>It was too. My job was not the most enjoyable in the world, as a lover of good music, but basically I was paid a lot of money by Kiwi Records to go to gigs of new, undiscovered bands, usually in student bars, and "Discover" them. In other words, I'm a talent scout. It's a cut-throat business too. There are a lot of record labels out there, all looking to sign recording contracts with the best new bands. All looking to discover that new sound, the new thing that would take the world by storm.<br/><br/>"It's a band called... uh..." I checked my phone for the text I'd got that morning. "... The Upstart Freaks". God, just the name was enough to put me off, but hey, the name don't mean jack shit. Lets face it, who would ever have thought that<em>Johnny and the Moondogs</em>would go on to become the biggest group of all time! The last thing I wanted was to be another Dick Rowe! "Anyway, if you want to come, you'll need to be on timer for dinner, okay?"<br/><br/>I waited for their answer, and then went to investigate the sounds of running waer coming from Beth's bath room, saying in parting. "Make yourselves at home. Debbie, if you want the key to the basement, ask Robyn. She can lend you one for now, and if you want your own I'll get you one cut."<br/><br/>I headed back out of the door, wondering whether they would make use of the various equipment down there. I was sure I was right about them. In the mean time, I wandered into Beth's room, and pushed the door to the bathroom open. Beth was there, in the bath, gorgeously naked. I swallowed hard. This would be a take-it-slow thing. She had her eyes closed, just enjoying the hot water. I smiled and sat on the edge of the bath, and flicked water at her face.<br/><br/>"Hey sis?" I said softly. I ignored her reaction to me being in her bathroom, and just smiled at her. "Come on, it's not like we haven't shared a bath before!" I told her with a chuckle. I put a hand on her shoulder. "How're you doing? Look, I know we've had our differences and I know you outed me to mum and dad, but that's water under the bridge, okay?" I shrugged. "You're my sister, and I love you, and I'm here for you".<br/><br/>I grinned at her. "You know, that bath looks so tempting, I might just get in there with you..." I sared to undo my blouse and then stopped, giggling, and did the butons up again. "Maybe another time", I told her, then gave her the same news regarding dinner and the gig that I'd given the kids. "If you want to come listen to a brand new sound, you can, but you'll need to be on time for dinner, Okay?"<br/><br/>With that I smiled at her, controlled my lust and left her to enjoy her bath, heading down stairs to where my small office space was in one corner of the living room, powered up my computer and googled for every scrap of information on the band I could find, which, as usual, wasn't much. While doing so I was listening to some soothing classical music. I needed to keep my equilibrium, and Bach is a great way to do so, I have found.