eye, I happened to see Skylar waving me over. I walked to where
she was sitting with a guy wearing black slacks, a black shirt, a black and red
striped tie and black Buddy Holly style glasses. Everyone looked so cool here.
Almost like rocker chic, I may need to rethink my wardrobe.
“Chloe, this is Wes Turner.” Skylar said.
“Nice
to meet you.” I said smiling at him.
“Likewise.”
Wes said running a hand through his short curly brown hair.
“How
is your first day going?” Skylar asked.
“Oh
just great,” I said sarcastically, “It turns out one of my clients is my new
neighbor who I seem to turn into a bumbling fool around every time I see him.”
“Oh
sounds like somebody has a crush!” Skylar teased.
“Not
even! I barely know the guy!” I exclaimed.
Skylar
and Wes looked at each other and laughed.
I
took a bite of my wrap and listened to them as they talked about a club they
were at Friday night.
We
finished our lunches and walked back to our offices, where I reluctantly
listened to my messages. I had two, both from tabloids, both about the band and
both asking me something about Tyler shaving his name into the side of some
drunks head at one of their shows. What have I gotten myself into?
I
shook my head as I searched my files for Tyler’s phone number. I could hear him
shushing someone as soon as he accepted the call.
“Hello?”
He greeted me cheerfully.
“Hey
Tyler, this is Chloe Carver from Drayton McGuire.”
“Chloe,
my love, miss me already?”
“So
I hear you had a really awesome show last weekend.” I said, ignoring his
question.
“That
we did. We always do.”
“Uh
huh.....anything else happen that night? Anything I should know about?”
“Well,
yes but I promise you she was twenty six and it was a one off .....Do you really
want to hear about me getting all rumpy pumpy with some other woman? I promise it
was nothing but a cock up. I was feeling a bit squiffy that night and it’ll
never happen again my lovely. You have my word.”
What.....just.....what?
“Well
A, I have NO idea what you just said and B, I’m pretty sure that’s not even
close to what I was talking about.”
“Oh.....well
just erase that from your memory then my love and we will be all good.”
“Well
since you are willing to divulge all the dirty details about your weekend, how
about you tell me about shaving your name into some drunks head. Please tell me
you did not do that.”
There
was complete silence on the other end.
“Tyler?”
“You
told me to tell you I didn’t do that and I cannot lie to you.”
I
sighed loudly. “Why on earth did you shave your name into the side of some
man’s head?”
“Well
you see my dear, sometimes life presents you with a golden opportunity and you
have to seize it. For if you don’t, you are tempting fate and that’s how you
end up with bad juju.”
“That
doesn’t make any sense.”
“Does
it make it any better if I told you he asked me to do it?”
“No
it doesn’t.”
“So.....I
take it you only heard about the head shaving?”
I
massaged my temples with my fingertips. “What else is there?”
He
hesitated. “Well.....after I shaved my name into his head, I may or may not have decorated
it by spray painting neon green and black leopard spots.”
What in the world?
“I
did not just hear you say that.....Goodbye Tyler.”
I
hung up the phone before he had a chance to say anything else. Is this some
sort of an initiation? Are they are getting paid to do the craziest things they
can think to see how I handle the situation? Most likely the answer to that
question was no. Somehow I think these shenanigans are a normal part of life
for these boys.
Jonathan
stopped by my office before he left to tell me that I had two other clients I
was representing. He said he didn’t want to overwhelm me too much on the first
day, so he scheduled the rest of my client meetings throughout the week, which
I thought was nice.
He
left a few files