Chapter 131
Jesse took a deep breath before opening the door to the studio. She simply wanted to join Richie, not do battle with a jealous fan.
The secretary looked up from her desk and rolled her eyes. She's hoped that with Richie arriving alone that she wouldn't have to deal with Jesse. Obviously that wasn't to happen.
"Good morning," greeted Jesse trying to be friendly.
"It was until you showed up," grumbled the secretary.
Jesse ignored the comment. "Would you please open the door to the studio?"
"And if I don't?"
"I don't want any trouble. I just want to join Richie and give him his breakfast."
"You think you're all that just because you're Richie's fiancée...all high and mighty but let me tell you something. Richie WILL dump you because you are NOT his type!"
"When that happens, you can say 'I told you so'. Until then, I AM Richie's fiancée and I have his breakfast. Would you please open the door?"
Elizabeth pressed a button and Jesse heard the lock click. Saying a polite 'Thank you', she made her way through the door.
Richie, along with Ray, Kel, and a couple other technicians, were in the control room talking when Jesse joined them. Richie reached over and put his arm around her waist pulling her to him and she greeted him with a kiss.
"Breakfast for my superman," smiled Jesse as he took the coffee cup from her.
"Thank you, baby!" Richie looked into her eyes to see the tell-tale signs of tears. "Did she give you problems?"
"Who's giving you problems, beautiful?" asked Kel before Jesse could answer.
Richie answered, "Elizabeth gave her a hard time last night."
"After yesterday?" questioned Ray.
"Yeah, but I knew she was psycho in the first place. I just never expected her to harass Jess." Looking back up at her, he asked, "What happened?"
Jesse shrugged. "More of the same....I think I'm all that, high and mighty, and you're going to dump me."
Richie hugged her. "You know better, Jess.'
"Yeah, I do but it still hurts to hear it."
"That's it! I'm going to fire her! I will NOT have an employee harassing the artists or their loved ones," ranted Kel.
"Kel, please...don't," said Jesse. "She's a fan and she's upset that I'm the one who's getting to live out every fans' dream. It could be me in her shoes."
"You'd never be that mean," insisted Richie.
"Maybe not but I know how it feels to see someone you really care about with someone else. Besides, after today, I won't have to deal with her."
"Are you sure, Jessica?" asked Kel.
"Positive."
"Rich?"
"It's up to Jess...if she says leave her alone, I'm okay with it."
"Don't you have work to do?" asked Jesse looking down at Richie.
"I do and we were just listening to what we did yesterday. Why don't you get comfortable?"
"I need to do some wedding stuff. Will my internet interfere with anything?"
"No, do whatever you need to do, Jess," said Kel.
"Richie, I need your credit card."
Richie pulled out his wallet and handed it to her. "What are you doing?"
"Finalizing our honeymoon reservations."
"Which one did you finally pick?"
"Cayo Espanto....it's the one off of the coast of Belize." Jesse gave him a quick kiss. "Love you, Rich."
"Love you more, baby."
Jesse found a corner where she got comfortable and pulled out her laptop while the men went to work.
