Chapter 4

January 9

Sam led Jonathan into the reception area of the new Sire Records office. There were two desks. One desk had a young secretary sitting at it while the other desk had a nametag for Jonathan.

"This is Susan the fulltime secretary," Sam said. "If you ever have any trouble, she will help you. Susan, this is Jonathan."

"Hey," Susan said.

"Okay Jonathan," Sam said. "Have a seat at your desk."

Jonathan sat down at his desk and Sam got some files and a port file holder and sat them down.

"I'll need you to alphabetize these and put them in the file holder," Sam said. "Once their organized, please bring me the file holder. Got it?"

"Yes sir," Jonathan said.

"And if the phone rings, please answer it and write down any messages," Sam said.

"Yes sir," Jonathan said.

Chase walked into the area.

"There's my working son," Chase said.

"What are you doing here Dad?" Jonathan asked.

"I'm here to do what every good parent does to their child," Chase said. "I'm here to embarrass you at work. Smile."

Chase got out his phone and took a picture.

"Bye Dad," Jonathan said.

"They grow up so fast," Chase said.

"Goodbye Dad," Jonathan said.

"See you at home," Chase said. "I'm making rice spaghetti and turkey meatballs tonight."

"Sounds good," Jonathan said.

Chase left and Jonathan began alphabetizing the files.

"Your father seems nice," Sam said.

"Very nice," Jonathan said. "If it wasn't for him, I'd probably still be in and out of homes."

"Really?" Sam asked.

"My parents died in a horrible accident when I was 5," Jonathan said. "They were on their way to the theatre when their car slid off the road into a river. They both drowned. After that I was in and out of foster home for 10 years until Dad took me in and adopted me."

"I'm so sorry to hear about you parents," Sam said. "That must have been very difficult for you at such a young age."

"It really was," Jonathan said.

Sam gave Jonathan a hug.

"Sorry," Sam said. "That was weird."

"A little bit," Jonathan said.

"I'm going to go across the street and get a salad," Sam said. "Would you like one?"

"No thanks," Jonathan said.

"Oh, I think you want a salad," Sam said. "You too Susan."

"Please make sure mine doesn't have murdered chicken," Susan said.

"She's a vegetarian," Sam explained. "Now if the phone rings and it's a girl named Felicity, hang up."

"Who's Felicity?" Jonathan asked.

"My ex-fiancé who had a baby with my brother," Sam replied.

"Sorry," Jonathan said.

Sam walked out of the building and Jonathan looked at file holder.

"Susan," Jonathan said. "There's a lock on this."

"Oh yeah," Susan said. "The key is on his desk."

Jonathan walked into Sam's office area where the key was on top of a piece of paper. As Jonathan reached for the key, he noticed the list written on the paper. It was the "My Plan For Jonathan" paper.

"What the hell?" Jonathan asked aloud.

Jonathan picked up the list and read it. He then dropped it, ran out of the building, and ran all the way home. Once in the house, Jonathan saw Chase sitting on the couch.

"Jonathan?" Chase asked.

"You were right," Jonathan said. "There's something not right about Sam Dawson! He has a list entitled "My Plan For Jonathan"! He's had some messed up plan!"

Later, Chase stormed in Sam's office area where Sam was sitting at his desk.

"I know about the list!" Chase shouted. "Give me one reason not to kick your ass!"

"It's not what you think," Sam said.

"What is it then?" Chase asked.

"Jonathan is my brother," Sam said.

"Huh?" Chase asked.