Page 90 of Once Upon a Boyband
Not really. He just wanted to pick up Goldie, and he definitely didn’t want to talk.
Freddie
What do I do here, Laney?
I tap my phone against my palm. The problem is, I don’t actually know the right move. On the one hand, I know how much Adam loves to sing, how important music is to him. But he shouldn’t be forced to play more shows than he wants or feel manipulated because Freddie’s agent seems to lack even a modicum of human decency.
Actually, maybethatis something Freddie can do.
I’m not sure I can suggest it. I only know of Kevin what Adam has told me, so I’m chasing a gut feeling more than anything. But Freddiedidask.
I close out my message thread with Freddie and find Ivy’s contact.
Laney
Hey. Honest reaction. Is Kevin a good person?
Ivy
He’s toxic on every level. Freddie is loyal by nature and assumes the best in people and thinks Kevin is great at contract negotiation. Which, fine. He’s good at that one thing. But he only has dollar signs where he should have integrity.
Why?
Laney
Just checking to see if my intuition was right.
Ivy
Was it?
Laney
Dead on.
I switch back to my message thread with Freddie, which has lengthened in the time I was talking to Ivy.
Freddie
I need you to believe me, Laney. I didn’t trick Adam on purpose.
I really did think I could work all of this out.
I thought I had more time.
Laney
I believe you.
But Freddie, your agent is screwing you over, and now he’s taking advantage of your friends.
If you want to do something for Adam, start there.
It takes Freddie a very long time to reply and involves countless dots appearing and disappearing and reappearing before a single word pops up.
Freddie
Noted.
