Emotionless
Chapter Five
Tommy closed the lap top and pushed his chair away from his desk. Kwest, still barely speaking to him, had taken on the last mixing of their artists so he was stuck sitting here doing paperwork. Tommy sighed and used his thumb and pointer finger to massage the bridge of his nose. Tommy heard the door to his office open and close, no one walked in without knocking. Tommy looked up hastily, "What?"
Tommy met the eyes of a very handsome young man. He had dark, long hair surrounding his face, skater style. It was dark brown and he was just wearing an Emerica t-shirt and plain blue jeans. He had black Vans sneakers on and shining blue eyes. "Sorry, um Aun-Sadie said to just come in."
Tommy apologized and motioned for the young boy to sit down in one of the chairs. "So this single…" Tommy said motioning to the CD that he burned before sending the disk back, "It's really amazing." Tommy walked over and put it in the player, the song filled the room.
((Emotionless by Good Charlotte))
Hey dad
I'm
writing to you
Not to tell you
That I still hate you
Just to
ask you
How you feel
And how we fell apart
How this fell
apart
Are you happy out there
In this great wide world
Do
you think about your sons
Do you miss your little girl
When you
lay your head down
How do you sleep at night
Do you even wonder
if we're alright
But we're alright
We're alright
It's
been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you
there the nights that we cried
You broke my mother's heart
You
broke your children for life
It's not ok but we're alright
I
remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a
long lost memory of mine
I spent so many years
Learning how to
survive
Now I'm writing just to let you know
I'm still
alive
The days I spent
So cold, so hungry
Were full of
hate
I was so angry
The scars run deep inside
This tattooed
body
There's things I'll take
To my grave
But I'm
ok
I'm ok
It's been a long hard road without you by my
side
Why weren't you there the nights that we cried
You broke
my mother's heart
You broke your children for life
It's not
ok but we're alright
I remember the days you were a hero in my
eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine
Now I'm
writing just to let you know
I'm still alive
And I'm still
alive
Sometimes I forget
Yeah, and this time
I'll
admit that I miss you
Said I miss you
It's been a long
hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there the
nights that we cried
You broke my mother's heart
You broke
your children for life
It's not ok but we're alright
I
remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a
long lost memory of mine
Now I'm writing just to let you
know
I'm still alive
And sometimes I
forget
This time I'll admit
That I miss you
I miss you
Hey
dad
The young man looked at him expectantly, "Thanks…" Tommy nodded, "I wanted to talk about a contract. Sorry what's your name?"
The young man smiled, "Michael."
"Michael what?"
Michael shrugged, "Just Michael, my last name doesn't really roll…" Tommy nodded, "Yeah, neither did my last name. Hence the Quincy."
Michael faked a laugh. "So you just wanted to talk about a contract?"
Tommy shrugged, "Was there something else you wanted?"
Michael rolled his eyes, "I guess not." Michael got up, grabbed his jacket and went to walk out the door. "Wait, kid. What's wrong? You really got a career here."
Michael turned around, "Yeah well. That's too bad." Michael walked out the door but not before something fell out of his pocket. Tommy bent down to pick it up and saw that it was the note that was in the first envelope. 'Miss you'
Tommy ran after the kid, "Michael, what's this?"
Michael turned around and saw it, "It's nothing." He grabbed the paper and walked to the front of the studio. Kwest walked out from hospitality after seeing Michael walk past. "Michael, what are you doing here?"
Michael turned around and Tommy saw him talking to Kwest. "Nothing, I was just leaving Uncle Kwest."
'Uncle Kwest?' Tommy thought. Michael sent a look to Tommy before turning around to leave again. Tommy turned to Kwest, "What the hell was that?" Kwest yelled at Tommy motioning to the kid's departing back.
Tommy shrugged, "Nothing! I tried to give the kid a contract but he apparently didn't want it."
Kwest looked incredibly mad; he walked over and punched Tommy right in the jaw. Tommy flew to the floor, not expecting the blow to the face. Tommy hoisted himself up on his elbows from the ground, "What the hell was that man?"
Kwest looked steaming mad, "That kid was your son!! You know, Michael?! The kid you let Jude take off with!! That song he showed you…was about you!! I should know, I produced it!!"
Tommy looked shocked and ran to catch up with the kid who was now walking out of the G-Major doors but it was too late. He got outside and was immediately bombarded with reporters. 'Damn, I can already see the headlines…'
Michael walked into his house and slammed the door; he had been moody since yesterday at the studio. Jude put down the remote and turned from her place on the couch to face him, "Michael?" Michael poked his head into the living room and waved. Jude patted the seat next to her. "Come sit. You seem to be a little angry lately. You okay?"
Michael sighed and sat next to his mother. Jude opened her arms and he rested his head on her shoulder, Jude smiled and ran her fingers through his hair. "Remember I used to do this for you when you had those nightmares? I would sit with you and stroke your hair, sing you a song and you fell asleep."
Michael smiled, "Yeah…"
Jude maneuvered his body so she could face him, "Are you okay Michael?" Michael shrugged, "Yeah, why?"
"I told you, you seem a little angry lately. Is everything alright?"
Michael pulled away slightly and grabbed the remote, "Yeah, everything's fine. Can I change the channel?" Jude sighed and nodded, turning toward the TV.
'G-Major has been quite the place for drama lately. Tom Quincy, former lil Tommy Q from Boyz Attack, has stayed out of the limelight since his divorce with our first Instant Star, Jude Harrison but if he's been lying low then why the fight?' The screen cut from the anchor woman that was speaking to a short clip of Kwest punching Tommy and him falling to the floor, and then a few still pictures flew across the screen with Tommy running to the door but getting stopped by the reporters. 'Due to the soundproof of the studio we couldn't tell what the fight was about but we were able to identify the man hitting Tom Quincy as his former best friend, Kevin West. Kevin is another producer at G-Major and get this, he just divorced Jude's sister, Sadie Harrison. Sadie was also Tom's ex girlfriend. Talk about complicated! Rumors are that Kevin and Jude are still friends and keep in touch, meanwhile Tom hasn't spoken to her since the divorce.'
Jude put a hand over her mouth and gasped, "Why would Kwest do that?" Michael froze next to her but didn't say anything. The screen played the clip of the fight again and Jude noticed something. There were innocent by standards everywhere, Sadie at the receptionist's desk, interns crowding around, clients walking by, and one person walking toward the doors of G-Major. Jude remembered washing those old jeans, and buying that t-shirt, and those sneakers. Jude looked down and saw the VANS on Michael's feet.
Jude took a deep breath, "Michael, you don't happen to know anything about this would you?"
Michael sighed and looked at his mother, "Busted?"
Jude nodded, "Oh yeah, busted."