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"Manhattan! I can believe I'm really here!" the group has just landed, and Jude, who's in front of everyone, has never been more exited: in all her years as a rock star, it's her fist time in the big apple.
"Sweetheart, I don't want to ruin your enthusiasm, but you'll have time to enjoy the city after your interview at TRL tomorrow, the concert and the meeting with the fans in central park the day after tomorrow…"
"oh, well, at least I see that you leave free St. Valentine. Does it mean that you want to spend it with me?" As she faces Tommy, Jude is no more happy; her tone is more sarcastic, with a point of rage, but it seems that her boyfriend – who's looking in direction of the exit – doesn't see it.
"I don't think so, I'll be very busy with Harry."
"I hate when I have to deal with dad. He always finds a way to make me behave in the worst odious way possible."
"Look at the bright side of the thing, luv – Jamie says placing an arm around Chris' shoulders, and giving her a kiss on her forehead – you'll have all of us around: JJ, Tommy, and even me. You'll not be alone in this."
"Well, if you'll not be free, - Jude continues, crossing her arms, stopping in front of Tommy -It means that I'll have more time to go shopping. Speaking of which, I need someone to show me around. I've never been here, so I can't go all alone."
"Since my sis will be busy with dad, I can ask Dani if she can show you around. She is a little… shopaholic. She knows all the places in the city where to buy all you need."
"No offence, JJ, but your daughter is a little… - as they approach 2 almost ideantical cars, Jude, while approaching a pearl red Jeep Liberty, Jude is still struggling to find the right words to use with JJ – how can I say…"
"Dark? Thanks god she exited from that phase. Now she is a normal teenager obsessed with shopping. – He finishes the sentence for her, taking a key from his case, and opening a black Commander with it – That's my car; Tommy, Jamie and Chris will come with me, we'll go to 2356 to meet dad; the red marvel is for SME and Jude."
"Mental note for JJ: we don't know the city, we don't know where we've to go."
"Note to Spied: JJ is not a stupid and he has already thought about it. – he sarcastically says as he gives Spied a piece of paper, with something written on it – it's where you'll stay for the next few days; it's a b&b of an old client of me, he is out of town, and it's still officially closed, so he decided to borrow it to us. You just have to insert the address into the navigator, drive there, and once arrived, ask to one of the neighbours, a certain Miss Douglas, the keys. If you need something, I'll be at my place, while Chris and Jamie will join you after the meeting."
"You and Jamers aren't going to stay solo? I thought you could need a little of privacy." Spied laughs, making fun at the expense of the two of them.
"can you believe that my girl doesn't have a place just hers here?"
"I stayed with dad when I was a child, then at the boarding school until I moved with JJ."
"You lived with your brother? But he was married! What happened, did you have a sort of code for when things, you know, things went on?"
"Three things, Spied. First, you're an animal. Second, Carrie and I were in desperate need of a baby-sitter, and she was free; third, each one of us had half the house for ourselves, and let's say that the house is quite big…"
2356, later
Half an hour later, the 4 of them arrive at the 2356; it's a quite big place, on two levels; the first one, underground, is the real club, with a stage, a bar, tables and low lights, while the one on the surface is a restaurant, small and reserved, with international cuisine. As the four of them enter from a secondary door, they immediately take the stairs and go to join who is already waiting for them at a very un-enlightened table: Harry, and someone they aren't waiting for at all, someone they are all surprise to see, sitting near the middle age man.
"Tommy Q, it's such a long time! It's nice to see "my creature" again. And you, Andrews, I see that you finally have a quite decent taste for the other sex, although you still prefers older women" he tells them, crossing his arms, with a mean smile printed on his face.
Both Jamie and Tommy feel the urge to take him and beat him to death, not only for what (and how) he just told, but over all for what he did in the past. While Chris is able to stop Jamie from doing something very stupid, there's no one doing the same with Tommy, giving him the possibility to give the black bald man a punch on the face. Something he would do again and again, if not for JJ, who divides the both of them as he understands what's going on.
"Stay away from us, darius, or I swear to God, you're dead! You hear me? You're dead, and I've never been more serious!"
"In your shoes, Tom – he says smiling evilly, caressing his cheek – I'd watch the language, since I'm going to be your partner, and I'll not be as silent as Harry was."
The Danvers siblings stare at their father, without emitting a mere sound.
"We believed we had a deal, Harry. I hope you're not doing this because…"
The older Danvers – Harry – stops Jamie before he could stop to speak, laughing of the young man. "Oh, Andrews, don't be so silly and such a bohemian. A father it the last thing I am on my list. I couldn't care less who Christine is engaged with, it's a thing I don't care about. My "children" decided to be on their own when they were a way younger, and until both of them are spending my money, and believe me, neither of them is spending my money and ever will, I'm fine. Oh, by the way Christine – he adds sarcastically - I'm not mad with you just because you forget to tell me about your engagement."
"Since the last time you forgot to tell us you were getting married with your last wife, I think we're cool now."
"Yeah, well, Christine, you know that I am, over all, a businessman. And this is the reason I took in consideration Mister Mill's offer to buy my part of the WLR, when he approached me few weeks ago."
"How much, dad? – JJ asks angry to his dad, full of rage, and, few instants later, takes a piece of paper from his dad's hands – are you crazy? They can't spend all this money for your quotes!"
"This is the reason I'm offering so much… sorry, what's your name? I tend to forget not useful things…"
"How much time do we have?" Chris asks her dad, as he and Darius are already leaving.
"Do you really have the intention to offer more, my child? Well, in this case, 18 hours, then I'll give my quotes to Darius. See you in less than a day; it was a pleasure, kids."
"The sick bastard… I can't believe that he…" as they are already gone, Tommy again punches everything in front of him, under the others' worried expressions.
"Dad or Darius?" JJ asks him, serious; he really thinks that they are both sick and bastard.
"Both."
"You saw the price, Tommy. We can't buy Harry's quotes. We'll have to deal with Darius again…"
"Jamie is right, Tommy, it's about a lot of money we're speaking about, more than what we can afford. I still don't understand what Darius meant, with "this is the reason I'm offering so much" …"
"It's revenge, it's what he wants, it's not about money. He wants revenge for what we did him 4 years ago."
"We've only a valuable thing. There's just a way to find all the money…"
"We're not going to sell the club."
"I was thinking about using it as a guarantee as a loan, not selling it."
"We'll not sell our lives, JJ, we'll not allow you, it's not worth it…"
"Chris and I will not let dad screw your lives up, Jamie. It's not up to you to decide. It's our choice."
"But no one will give you a loan in less than 18 hours!"
"I'm a penalist, Andrews, I've the tendency to know people who don't do a lot of questions and I still have few friends inside the system…"
"J, I'm with Andrews, we'll not let you and Chris ruin your lives, we can't…"
"JJ is speaking about serious people and not criminals; we'll find a way to deal with them… Better them than dad and Darius."