Chapter 3 The Trouble With Tammy

"Sir, Tammy is at the gates, do we let her in?"

"Yeah let her in" I wait, it's 5 am, what is she playing at? I wonder.

"Baby, I'm so sorry, I saw the paper, I don't know how it leaked?"

"You wake me at 5 am to tell me this Tammy, you're drunk I see"

"just a little, I was at the club, anyway I'm back now baby, I'm ready to forgive you"

"Tammy we've been broken up for months, we're done, I'm done, there is nothing left between us"

"Oh come on baby, we fight, we break up, we're dramatic, it's what we do"

"What we did, not anymore, I've shit to do Tammy, you have to leave, we're through, you can't call here anymore"

"What shit is this? we're through, stop playing baby, come on let's go to bed and pretend this whole nightmare never happened"

"Security is on their way to throw you out Tammy, you can't come here anymore"

"listen, Alexi, big things are happening for you, it would be a shame if I had to do an interview and ruin all of that, you know we're good together you won't last without me" with that security came,

"Contact my layers, I need to see them first thing in the morning". I don't need this right now, things are going so well, no more fuck up's, the Russian made that very clear, he was already nervous because of my reputation, my age, but my mother convinced him, I need to call a board meeting tomorrow.

My layers, old and new along with my mother, uncle Ivan, friend Damien and Gordon, my new board of directors met in my half-ready conference room.

"Sorry for the urgent meeting but I have an issue and I need guidance. My ex paid me a visit last night, the one I partied too hard with before getting my shit together in rehab, she threatened to go to the press if I don't take her back and my past with her is sketchy at best".

I can see Gordon twitching

"How sketchy?" He asks, scratching his forehead in frustration.

"Enough to have a media frenzy, drugs, alcohol, that kind of thing, she'd have photos, ones I wouldn't want to be leaked, possibly a sex tape" my mother is furious.

"OK we have all been here, we will take care of it, any more ex-girlfriends or indiscretions I need to know about, anything that can come out before we launch?"

"No all just what Tammy has"

We discuss a restraining order, a silence order, and pay off, among a few. Everyone is happy with how everything is going so far, a few small issues but nothing that can't be sorted, all normal issues any new build would have, Gordon, assured me that crazy exes are standard issues, just to make sure there are no more. "We need to fix your image, from playboy to married and settled down, work on that and if you have any trouble we will find the right girl for you, you just need the image, the wild child finally tamed"

"You want me to get married, I can't do that"

"You can, a quiet, steady, girl, no issues and no dramas, I will give you 3 months to find one, or we will make it happen for you, don't fuck with this company Alexi, I won't have it"

"He's right Alexi, it's time, we need the right image for a family resort". they all agreed.

"3 months, you find a girl or I will, that or I pull out and you pay my losses"