Chapter 114
The next day, Laura, Carly, and I were at my place in Santa Monica.
"I can't believe you didn't go, Carly," I said, referring to the party last night.
"I was with Sam..." Carly replied with a shrug. "And Sam didn't want to go to the sa place that lanie was."
She murmured, "...and see her dating Freddie."
"About that," I said, "they kissed."
There were a lot of people at the party—Carly and the rest would hear about it sooner or later. It's not like they were being discreet about it, especially kissing right in the middle of the dance floor.
"They did?" Carly said, astonished.
Just then, the doorbell rang. A mont later, Freddie appeared at the door.
"Look who's here," I said with a grin.
Freddie stepped in and greeted everyone with a wave.
Noticing he looked a little awkward, I asked, "What is it, Freddie?"
"I can't believe I kissed Sam for the second ti," he replied.
"You kissed Sam?" Laura asked, trying to sound surprised.
We all looked at her, and she quickly added, "Yeah, Jake is better at this—even though I'm the actress..."
"Now you're slandering ," I said. "And no, Freddie. You kissed lanie."
"Can we stop this?" Freddie said, clearly still thinking it was a prank.
"Freddie, lanie is real," I said. "They'll be here soon."
Freddie looked a bit skeptical, but we kept chatting casually until the doorbell rang again.
Monts later, Sam and lanie appeared. lanie greeted everyone with a cheerful "hi," while Sam gave a more subdued "hello".
"There are two of them?" Freddie said, astonished.
"Yeah, and you kissed both," I murmured close to him.
Carly, who was beside , jabbed in the ribs.
Freddie glared at but then gave a small smile and murmured, "Yeah, I did."
The six of us sat down, gathering around the table. Sam imdiately began attacking the food that was laid out, wasting no ti at all.
"How could you make out with Freddie, lanie?" she said through a mouthful.
Freddie choked on his drink.
"What? He's adorable," lanie replied, glancing at him with a playful smile.
He coughed a bit and turned red with embarrassnt.
"I can't believe you two are sisters," Carly said.
" neither," they both responded in unison.
"You know, one ti she tried to convince I was adopted?" lanie added afterward.
We all laughed about that.
"So are there any more secrets we need to know about your family, Sam?" I asked.
"Not that I can rember," Sam replied, though her tone didn't exactly convince anyone.
lanie chid in, "I don't know what you already know about our family, but here's a fun fact: our mom also has an identical twin."
"Huh, it is a fun fact..." I repeated absentmindedly.
The six of us ended up talking the whole afternoon away.
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In the blink of an eye, the end of July arrived—and with it, the recording with Britney.
Pepper and I were gathered in one of the many recording studios at the facility.
This particular studio belonged to one of our subsidiaries—JDS, a joint venture between JD Company and Sony Music. We held 51% of the shares. As Pepper always said, we didn't need to compete on every front. Sotis, it was smarter to partner with a giant.
And with our ten-year agreent in place, I wasn't worried about being swallowed later. Ten years from now, forget about a subsidiary like Sony Music, I could probably buy Sony entirely.
We've already signed with Evanescence, Justin Timberlake—who, until recently, was part of the boy band 'N Sync—and Maroon 5, which regrouped and added Jas Valentine to their lineup.
Also, Avril Lavigne, who fired Cliff Fabri and signed with us instead (recording agent)
Thus, no famous artists yet. But out of all of them, the most debatable would be Maroon 5 (considering, cough, I'll be singing their songs before they even release them. It's not stealing if they never had it).
"So, My Big Fat Greek Wedding passed $330 million worldwide?" I asked Pepper.
"Yes. Brokeback Mountain is nearing $90 million worldwide," she replied.
"It's because of prejudice. Why can't everyone be like ? I don't care what people do with their own holes at ho—I just want to take their money. I an, cough, sell sothing, and then take their money," I added with a smirk.
Pepper just rolled her eyes but added, "But Brokeback Mountain was very well received by the critics. We might ever win an Oscar..."
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I went to get dressed in the Marshllo outfit. A few minutes later, I ca back fully suited.
"Jake, have you decided?" Pepper asked.
"Yes, I'm going to introduce myself to her," I said. "But it needs to be done with a proper ta-da—pulling off the helt."
At that mont, more people entered the studio—Cher, Regina, Laura, Carly, Sam, and Freddie. Right behind them ca the adults: Charlie, Alan, Judith, and Evelyn.
I walked over to Cher and Regina. "You two are incredibly calm," I said, surprised.
"We're tired," Cher corrected. "Pepper introduced us to your personal trainer and said we could only co if we worked out with her this morning."
"Wow, you t that demon," I said with pity.
Yeah, I had a personal trainer. She is a demon. But the results are excellent, I glanced down at myself
"She made us run 10 laps," Regina said with fake teary eyes.
Then the mont everyone had been waiting for finally arrived—Britney walked into the room alone.
Before Cher and Regina could scream, I quickly covered their mouths with my hands.
But then, everyone heard a high-pitched, girly scream of "It's Britney!"
My eyes twitched.
Everyone turned toward the source of the shout.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Alan said, noticeably embarrassed.
I facepald (in my helt)
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