Gibson's Melody: (A Last Score Novella) (Last Score (Gibson's Legacy and Trusting Gibson)) by K.L. Shandwick

Author:K.L. Shandwick [Shandwick, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Trust

Gibson

Usually Lennox had my back no matter what but I could hear from the tone in his voice he was firmly in Chloe’s corner on this one. I couldn’t blame him, hell I was on Chloe’s side about this.

“You really told her?”

“Sure. Not like I’d hide something that monumental from her, is it?”

“I didn’t mean that. I knew you’d tell her about the kid, how could you not. I just never figured you’d do it this quickly.”

“We don’t have secrets, Len. My whole relationship with Chloe is based on trust. I was a dog before I got with her remember?”

I was glad that Len didn’t laugh when I said that because I was reminding him of the truth and how hard it was for Chloe to place her trust in me. I’d never do anything to shatter the trusting relationship between us. I once told her I’d always be truthful even if it meant hurting her and that’s exactly what I’d done by telling her about Melody.

“If she knows have you arranged a date to meet her again?” He was asking if I’d figured out when Melody and Chloe could meet. Len was there toward the end of my conversation with Melody when he had brought her back from the stage. Melody asked when she could see my house and Kiran had looked to me to answer. At the time I had no clue what to say because first I knew I had to speak to Chloe and secondly any meeting would depend on how hard Chloe took the news.

“We’re just sorting through Piper’s shit then I’ll talk to Chloe more about that. Tell Simon and Mick we’ll grab dinner on Tuesday to talk through the schedule with Charlotte and feed back to Syd. I think I’m gonna need a week or two R & R while I figure my way through the latest shit storm I’ve created.

“Thought she was a gift?” Lennox jibed sarcastically knowing full well I didn’t mean my daughter, rather the situation that came with her.

“Too fucking funny, now go sit in a corner and tug yourself off you wanker. I’ll call you tomorrow when I’ve got a clearer picture of what’s going down.” Without waiting for him to answer I hung up and made my way back to the kitchen.

Piper was telling Chloe how the fuckwad that lived with her and her mom used to treat them and as I listened it became clear that her music meant everything to her in the same way as mine had with me. Even though I was staring at the innocent face of a seventeen year old the message that came from her was how much she owed to her voice and being able to escape from much of the abuse in her home due to the talent she possessed.

I felt ashamed for not believing her when she said she could sing. It wasn’t a case of not believing she could— it was more a cynical attitude as to what constituted a singer in the world I lived in.

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