Holiday- An Instant Star Christmas Story.
Chapter 12- Epilogue- The Road Back
Author's Note: Just a quick word here. I was a little concerned about this ending being misunderstood. The issues between Tommy and his father are complex; I did not want to write a "simple fix and everything's better" chapter. I may be a romantic, but I'm also a realist! I think if this were to actually happen, Tommy would not become close to his father this quickly, and very likely not at all. What I did want to happen is for Tommy to start "healing" and feel better inside- to finally come to terms with all that happened, let go of his pain, and move forward in his life. Hopefully, that's what this little "epilogue" communicates- not total, magical forgiveness. Let me know!
Again, thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing!
dorothy
Chapter 12- Epilogue- The Road Back
The tour bus remained cold in January, just as it was in December. The evening they returned to the road, Jude, again wearing Tommy's sweats, wrapped herself in her new blue blanket. The rightful owner of those clothes sat on their bed, tapping away on a laptop computer. She looked curiously over his shoulder.
"Emails? Already? We just left today?"
"Just one" he replied, moving slightly so she could read it.
To: JQuincy
From: TQuincy
Subject: whereabouts
Hi. Just thought that you should know that I'm on tour with Jude for the next three months. I won't have time to write much. We'll be busy, but I'll drop you a word from time to time, just to let you know where I am.
Take care,
Tom