A brother-in-law of a classmate of a sibling... It sounded like a lot of favors had been called in. The music industry could be like that though, a lot of things happening by word of mouth or from knowing someone who knew someone. That was part of the reason why those media events and industry mixers and afterparties were part of the job, too.

Still, it didn't mean you had to treat every connection as a job.

"I thought you were gonna give me your number," Akaya said boldly.