TWELVE

JASON HAD come out for a drink to clear his head from the doldrums he felt from being home alone. He'd attempted to compose a song and as usual, he'd failed.

He didn't know what was going on with him lately. He had thought his inspiration block was a result of the scandals he was in the midst of, but he had zero scandal to worry about anymore. So what the hell was the problem? Why did he feel like this was the silence before the storm?

Evelyn had been right about the people believing he wasn't dating a minor if he officially introduced an actual girlfriend. Now, most of the malicious comments were directed at Kelly Davis for not speaking up against the scandal.

Jason had called his only drinking buddy to have a drink with him and he'd gotten rejected. Again. For the third time this week.

Brad had given him the exact excuse that he had an UNEXPECTED emergency. Something was seriously going on with his friend and he wasn't letting him in on it.

Jason wasn't going t