Page 66 of Destiny

His life was kind of a mess when the agreement was first made, but he’s done a lot to clean up his life, and he wants more time with his children now. On the other hand, his ex-wife is skeptical of his ability to maintain this calm lifestyle, and she is actually for him to have less time.

“Hey, I think I saw your girlfriend in a video,” Jeff says after arriving at my office.

“Oh, yeah?”

“Mhm. Melody was watching it, and I just happened to walk by.” Melody is his fifteen-year-old daughter.

“Yeah, she’s in London right now.”

He nods. “I remember you saying that.”

“But she’ll be back tomorrow.”

We move on to his case.

Chapter 3 – Bea

“Can you believe it?” I scream while jumping up and down with Blakely and Priscilla in my hotel room. I called them over after learning about the popularity of our video.

“It’s incredible!” his girlfriend says, and by the way she’s looking at him, I can tell she is filled with pride.

“Oh, my God. I should probably tell my agent.”

I pulled out my phone and checked how many views the video had before I called her.

“Three million, Carrie!” I say after she picks up.

“What? Good morning to you, too.” She’s kind of grouchy, but she’s a straight shooter, and I appreciate that.

“My video with Blakely singing In My Dreams has gotten three million views since someone in the audience posted it two nights ago.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. Go check it out for yourself.”

“Holy shit! You understand that this is going to change your entire life, don’t you?”

“I mean, I hoped it would mean something great for my singing career.”

“I guarantee you that it will. Record companies are going to be reaching out to both of you.”

Blakely’s phone goes off.

“Um, Bea…”

“Sorry, Carrie. I gotta go. Talk soon.”

I hung up and listened to the call he had since put on speaker.

“Okay, sorry. She’s listening.”

“As I was saying, my name is Kassidy Jepson. I work in A&R for Peninsula Records.”

My eyes widen. “Peninsula?” I mouth.

Blakely smiles and nods. They’re one of the top labels in the world.

The woman continues talking, “Someone on my team happened upon your video, and we’d like to invite you to come in and meet with us…”

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