The Good Life

Chapter 71

”Mommmaaa…can I put the sticker on the map?” Rosie asked her mother a few mornings after.

”Where is your dad today, Rosalia?” Marla asked.

”He’s in London…London Bridge is falling down falling down…falling down….” Rosie started to sing dancing in a circle around her mother.

”Okay…but do you know where it is?” Marla asked. ”Show me where we are and then where dad is…” Rose stood on her tip toes touching the bottom of California.

”So smart!” Marla exclaimed helping her daughter point to the sticker. ”Now let me show you where London is…” she moved her daughter’s finger to the star in Europe.

”It’s in the water, mama?” Rosie asked.

”No, silly..it’s near the water though. And it’s cold there…” Marla told her shivering.

”It’s summer, mom! It’s not cold!” Rosie told her mother.

”Okay..let’s not argue…go get dressed…” Marla said finishing the conversation.

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Bruno sat in a big chair looking across the room at the group of girls he, Ari and Phil were working with. Bruno had become attached to the city since the writing session he had way back in 2009 so any chance he was given to be in the city he jumped at the option. Today, he and his team were working with a newly formed group of girls in their mid twenties who had been signed by his record label after being spotted at a university talent show. The experiences the girls had were so different than his making the process even harder. The girls were so new that they hardly knew what to do. But the guys knew they could work with them.

”Okay girls..listen to this….” Bruno said singing something to them.

”Can we make it a little edgier?” one of the girls, Maggie, asked. Maggie started at him with her blue eyes, blonde hair and piercings making him nervous.

”Yeah..sure…” Bruno changed a couple things making her smile.

”I just adore it…” one of the other members, Holly answered. ”Who gets that part?”

”I think that Sabrina should get it…” Ari said pointing to the final girl in the group who sat off to the side flipping through her phone.

”B! Did you hear us?” Bruno yelled.

”Yeah..yeah…I can do it.” she said looking up at them.

”You should really try to join the group.” Phil suggested. ”It’s not gonna work with just the two of them.”

”Ugh. Alright…” Sabina said jumping up to record the song. They continued working for the whole night almost completing the song.

By 2 in the morning Bruno laid his head back in the chair sighing heavily. ”Can we finish this tomorrow?” he asked them.

”Yeah dude…let’s finish it tomorrow…let’s go out!” Ari exclaimed.

”Maybe for a little bit…but not too long…” Bruno said watching the girls’ eyes light up.

”Okay…okay…but I’m not promising anything won’t happen…” Maggie said putting on her coat grabbing her phone leading everyone out the door.

Bruno nudged Ari not sure what she meant by that statement. ”Who was she talking about?” he wondered outloud.

”Dude..come on. She’s got it hard for you. Like how do you not see it?” Ari asked.