CHAPTER 7 Opportunity

Fox walked inside the library where his father was waiting for him.

"What did you want?"

"You will be leaving for Los Angeles in a week."

"Why? You already had enough of me?"

"Do you always have to so sarcastic?"

"With you, yes."

"At least I won't go wrong with my other son."

Fox stared at his father angry.

"You mean the child you forced out of Teresa's arms? You've already gone wrong with him when you decided to deprive him of a mother."

"That wasn't why I wanted you here. Crane is in the process of buying a recording company. You know music, you have done a great job with the Blue Note, I think you should be one of the vice presidents of it."

"I guess it's a great opportunity, so thank you."

Fox started to leave when Julian recalled him.

"Don't screw it up or your grandfather will have both our hides."

"You never told me the name of this company."

"AMC Recordings."

"Really?"

"Yes, why?"

"Nothing."

Fox left the library and an idea was starting to form in his head.

"This might work out after all."

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Whitney was sitting at the wharf when Fox arrived. He decided to sit with her for a while. Maybe try and explore his feelings for her. She gave him a smile.

"Fox, so nice to see you."

He returned her smile.

"Heard from Chad lately?"

"Yes, he is having a pretty good time. I'm leaving to join him in 2 weeks."

He looked at her and smiled.

"I'm leaving for LA myself in a week."

"Really?"

"Some business for Crane Industries."

"That's great, maybe we can together and have dinner or go to a club."

"That'd be great. You know, do some catching up with Chad."

"I miss Teresa."

"I miss her too, but at least we know she's alright. That e-mail she sent us from God knows where was kind of comforting."

"How do you feel about her, Fox?"

"What do you mean?"

"I've seen the way you look at her and how protective of her you can be."

"I care about her very much. She is the only person in my life that ever cared about me for the way I am rather than for my name. She is the first person who gave me the benefit of the doubt when even my won parents wouldn't. Am I protective of her? Yes, of course. She has been hurt so many times, I can't stand it. The night she lost her son was agonizing for me, I can only imagine how she felt."

"What about the way you look at her?"

"There's nothing special about it, is there? It's the same way I look at everyone else."

"Are you in love with her?

"Of course not. She asked me the same question over and over again if I was in love with someone. I've never been in love and never will be."

"Never say never, Fox. I'm living proof of that.

"I've been taking a lot of pictures of her son so that I can show them to her when she comes back."

She put her hand on his shoulder.

"That's so sweet of you, Fox. How's the little guy doing?"

"He misses her a lot. I try to spend as much time with him as I can. He sleeps in my room every now and then."

"You're acting more like his father than Julian is."

"I don't know about that Whitney. I think I'm a very poor role model for a child that age and I certainly don't know how to be a father. But he is still related to me and I will do whatever I can to make sure that he is alright. I hope Teresa can have him back one day."

"That's very kind of you."

"What can I say. I can't resist the little guy. All he has to do is smile and my heart melts.

"Who else melts your heart, Fox."

He laughed and got up to leave.

"I got to go. I promised the little guy that we would have ice cream together."

Whitney laughed and he liked it.