Page 48 of Embracing the Beat
“I didn’t. I-I might be a performer, West, but I’m not an exhibitionist. I don’t want other people to see me like that. Do you know how many times people have viewed the sex tape? Twenty-five million. It makes me sick.”
“Can’t you get the video taken down?”
“I tried. The record label tried. But the main sites were already downloaded. It’s out there on ones I’ve never even heard of.”
“Mikey—” I wrap an arm around her shoulders, cursing myself when she tenses before relaxing.
“You know the most important lesson I’ve learned since I started doing this, West?”
“What?”
“There are very few people you can trust in your life. Including yourself.”
Fuck, her truth hits a little too close to home. Only I hate the way it sounds on her lips.
