“Hey Lucas.”
“Did you get your dessert for breakfast?”
“Yup, finishing it now. What’s up?”
“Easton just called and said Stone hung up on him. Asked for us to reach out and let him know the call was legit.”
“Oh shoot. Um, Daddy?” his brow rose. “That was a real person, the Easton guy. Lucas just said so.” Daddy’s face turned ghost white and I thought he might pass out. “Are you okay?”
“Fuck. No. Jesus,” he tugged his hair. “I’ll call him right back. Best get my groveling on.” Lucas heard that and started laughing while Daddy stepped outside.
“I’ll leave you guys to it. Talk soon,” Lucas hung up and I immediately opened a browser to search who this guy was. Pooh, I hope Daddy didn’t screw this up, whatever it was, because the internet was full of articles about him and the management company he owns. Must’ve been important for Lucas to call me. I was still surprised when he asked if we could exchange numbers last night. Maybe I’d finally get a few friends to hang out with. Would be really nice, especially if Daddy started doing more events. Sitting alone was never fun.
I cleaned up my dishes then went into the living room to play with my train sets. I was just setting up the unicorn one so Thomas and his new friends could play together when Daddy walked back in.
“Is everything okay?” He had his confused face on.
“Yeah, I um, I think he just offered me a job.”
“The super rich guy I just looked up?”
“Yeah, and I um, I turned it down?” Came out in a question telling me he wasn’t sure he should’ve done that.
“What? Why?”
“He wanted to know if I was ready to have a new band and hit the road. I told him now that I have a life here I’m not willing to travel like that again or be without my partner.”
Blink. Blink.
“Oh.”
“Then he said, no worries, he’d find a spot within Masterson for me and that he’d be in touch in a few days.” He plopped down on the couch. “How is this even my life? One minute I’m playing at a train station just to eat that day and the next I’m being offered jobs from one of the most well-known and best management companies in the industry.”
“Wow. Doesn’t sound too bad to me. I know you’re great and now they do too.” Daddy should already know he’s perfect. “Silly Daddy.”
“Silly boy,” he slid down on the floor beside. “Now, how are our train friends doing?”
“They’re gonna meet for tea and those cute little sammies like we had on the train. Fun food is just fun. Daddy, will their tracks connect together? Then we can make them bigger.” Daddy liked to do the buildy stuff like with my new Pony house. I just wanted to play.
“I think they just might.” He clipped a couple in place. “How about a figure eight set up?”
“Ooohhh, that sounds fun. Too bad we don’t have a station to put in the middle for them to stop at.”
“Leave that to your Daddy. What I lack in funds I make up for in creating,” Daddy kissed my head. “Sweetheart, if Daddy were to travel once in a while would you be able to go with him?”
“Maybe. My boss asked me about covering your shows for the entertainment articles, but I wasn’t sure about it. I don’t want to write a bad piece, especially with your name on it.”
“You’re not the only one doing internet searches lately. I found a few articles written by a certain little unicorn that more than held my attention, and that is saying something considering I’ve never been much of a reader. But the traveling, just food for thought.”
“Daddy, I don’t want to be the cause of you losing the perfect job. I’ll still be here when you get home and shouldn’t be figured into your decision making.”
“I beg to differ, sir. This is a relationship and one that this Daddy isn’t willing to risk. The decisions will be made as a team, you and me,” he pointed between us. “Deal?”
I teared up. “Deal, real Daddy.”
“That’s right, and don’t you forget it. Now, I believe we have some trains to get to tea.”
“Choo-choo!” I ran Thomas around the track to test it out. “Thomas gives it his seal of approval.”
