"What? I don't. I don't understand." Pearl said.
"I don't understand it, either. But something is going on. Ian has made contact with her but she isn't speaking to him about it. My attorney said that he was told more information was coming out in a subsequent article and it involves me. We have no idea what about." Rhys looked down.
"So what does this mean?" Pearl asked.
"I don't know." Rhys said, taking her into his arms.
The meeting at Epic was in ten minutes and John paced the lobby, waiting for Jason to call them in. Dylan stood away from them, his leg up against the wall and arms crossed. Pearl looked at him. She knew he felt this was his fault for what he said on live tv and she also knew he'd do it again if he had the choice.
"Hey. I'm glad you made it back. Was the flight back on the jet okay?" Rhys greeted her at the door. Pearl looked at him and said nothing, walking past him and into the foyer. She made her way down the hall and into the bedroom. "What the hell is this?" Pearl called out, finding a large screen television hanging on the wall, with several small screens displayed. She saw the driveway, the studio out building, the guesthouse, the back patio, and every bedroom, living room, kitchen and foyer displayed. There was also a shot of the main room of the bookshop. "Jim and I installed this yesterday. We have a security team on hand for any alerts." Rhys explained. "So, there are men that can see every room of our house? What we do?" Pearl felt terribly violated. "No. It only alerts them when we a
"That took forever I was just about to go looking for you." Rhys said as he greeted her at the door. She was still pissed at him for being a pussy about Carys. She walked past him and into the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of wine, walked to the bedroom and closed the door behind her. She ran a bath and had just gotten settled when Rhys came in."You've got to see this." He said, showing Pearl his phone. David was on Entertainment Tonight, blasting Carys and calling her out on her scheme to lie and set Pearl up as gold digger. He apologized for it, stating he was a mess about his horrible relationship with his father. He said he felt awful that Pearl had to be a pawn in his game and that Carys had taken advantage of the situation to get closer to Rhys and Pearl out of the picture. It was huge. Pearl handed him back his phone and drank the wine directly from the bottle."I can't believe he came clean." He said"I can." Pearl said, standing up and putting
The next morning, Pearl woke up spooning the vodka bottle. She brushed her teeth and got dressed. She had a meeting with Iris in an hour and a half and she didn't want to be late.Rhys was making coffee when when she walked into the kitchen. He looked like shit. Good. She thought."Good morning,” He said."Morning,” She replied, grabbing a to go cup."Where are you off to today?" He asked"I have a meeting with Iris at the bookshop. We are going over the itinerary for the next month. I'm assuming that will be a trip to Los Angeles for the Golden Globes pre party and the actual event,Correct? And also, your parents are coming into town." Pearl filled her coffee."Yes. I don't even know if I'm nominated yet. They announce that next week. It's late this year. Usually it's in December." Rhys said."I will have Iris reach out to Amber and find out the details of her party." Pearl said.
"I can't tell you." Pearl said. Rhys looked at her, and raised his eyebrow."You can't tell me?" He said. "Or you won't tell me?""I'm not even sure yet what I'm doing. I have some ideas but nothing in stone yet."She said.He still looked unhappy about it but accepted it. For now."Let's go home and spend the afternoon and evening together." Rhys said."I'm actually going to see the guys for a bit. Band meeting." She said. "I'll be home afterwards.""Ok" he said. He wasn't stupid. Pearl knew it. B she was still feeling weird about things and needed to talk to Dylan. John did want them to meet, also. They needed to talk about album design and photography and a music video for their single."I'll stop and get some things for dinner. I'll cook for you. Sounds good?" Rhys asked."Sounds good." She said. He walked her to her Jeep. "We need to get you a new car." Rhys said. "I like this one just fine."
Pearl walked in the door and Rhys greeted her with a hug. "How did it go?" He asked."It went well. We decided to use the picture of us from our first live show in New York as the inside pic of the band and Dylan's wolf painting he designed as our logo for the cover. It looks bad ass." Pearl told him, walking into the kitchen. "And the video?" He asked."I was going to talk to you about that, actually." She said. Rhys had dinner prepared and it smelled amazing. He poured Pearl a glass of wine. "Come sit. Eat." He said. She grabbed a stool and sat at the kitchen island bar. He spooned a plate of pasta for her and a small bowl of salad."This looks amazing." She said. "Thank you.""I miss you so much. I miss my wife." He said, looking at her with sadness. She leaned forward and kissed him."So, what do you want to talk to me about regarding the video?" He asked, taking a bite of his salad."We want you to direct it." Sh
"I'm nervous." Rhys said, on their way to meet with the guys. Pearl smiled. "Don't be.""Hey Rhys! Glad you could make it." John said, greeting them at the door. Everyone was there and they had Ian on a face call on the computer. They talked a little about some ideas. Blake wanted a werewolf theme because of the song title and the band name. They all quickly shot it down, except for Rhys. "I don't like the cheesy typical werewolf idea but I like what it makes me think." He said. Dylan looked at him and Pearl could see the wheels turning."Beauty and the Beast" Dylan said. Rhys smiled."Pearl is the Beauty type character. One is you is the beast. The rest are hunters, like one, a Van Helsing character and others, we can figure that out. And she has not until a last rose petal falls, to kiss him, but a tree, shedding its last leaf." Rhys said. It was brilliant. They all loved it.Rhys looked at Ian on the screen. "You. You would be t
"Ok, I'm ready. Where are we going?" Pearl asked, walking out into the kitchen."Whoa!" Rhys said. "What is that?" She was wearing a dress that Iris had let borrow last minute. It was black and tight, really tight. The top was a low cut V and the hem was also a V shape that came to a point in the middle. The sides scrunched and hugged her hips."You don't like it?" Pearl asked, looking down. Rhys picked up his jaw and walked to her. He grabbed her hand and turned her around. "Good god, my wife is BANGIN'!" Rhys liked the dress.She giggled and told him to put his to tongue back in his mouth."Shall we?" He asked, holding out his arm. She locked hers in his. "We shall." She said.Rhys had Jim drive them and soon Pearl saw they were flying. "The jet? Where are we going?" She asked. Rhys took her hand and led her on board. "Hey guys! Nice to see you again, Pearl! Thanks for inviting us!" It was Matt, Rhys's director and the
"Wow! This is amazing. Like truly bad ass." Pearl said as they pulled up to the side of the house. "I thought you said this was a condo?" She asked."It's more like a duplex. Sort of." Rhys said, showing her around. "This is first time I've stayed here since I gutted it and the renovation was completed. I bought the statue in New York over three years ago. I hired a decorator but he was back and forth a lot. All the furniture is 1972 or earlier, except for the chaise." Rhys explained. The house was large and shaped like an L. Each side faced a different part of the hills and Rhys's side was right above the Hollywood sign. Each section had a separate pool and landscaped yard with a large stone privacy wall between them. There were floor to ceiling windows on the back patio and looked like it was built in the 1960s. A giant fireplace took up and entire wall in the living room, and it had a floating brick mantle and hearth. The living room opened up out ont