'Til We Meet Again Book 2

Chapter 5

I sit in the studio with Marshall and Dre. They are working on The Marshall Mathers LP and I'm getting zoned off in my thoughts. It's hard to focus when you are in the room with someone you can't stand "Are you paying attention?" Dre asks me "No I'm sorry, I was just thinking" I sigh "That's alright, pay attention next time" Dre nods "We need to get this album out around May and we need to plan your upcoming tour" Dre says "May should be fine for the release, when you planning the tour?" Marshall asks Dre "On October 19th two days after your birthday, it's called Anger Management Tour" I take down notes "We have a lot of time to plan this out, dawg, why the rush?" Marshall asks chuckling "We need to start booking the venues as soon as possible, this tour is gonna be huge" Dre tells Marshall "When does it end?" Marshall asks "Ends August 12, 2005" Dre tells Marshall "Sounds good" Marshall nods

"Have you been taking this down?" Dre asks me "Yes I have" I nod "I need you to start researching and booking venues for his 2000 North America tour, I'll take care of the rest of his 2000 tour then we move on to his 2001 tour, I may need your help for booking more venues in the near future but depends how quick you can get these booked then we'll see about promoting you to becoming a booking agent then being an assistant" Dre smiles at me "I thought I was meant to help Em with his album then booking his shows" I look at Dre confused "I don't need a bitch to help me with my fucking album and certainly don't need a bitch to book my shows" Dre glares at Marshall

"Stop being a dick, Em, and be fucking professional" Dre hiss "I'll be professional when this bitch gets the fuck outta my face" Marshall glares at me "I'm sorry about him, he is just being his usual dick-ish self" Dre looks back at me and gives me a warm smile "When is the deadline?" I ask him "As soon as possible" Dre nods "Thank you, I'll get on it" I nod and he passes me a sheet of paper after jotting down 10 cities in the US and Canada for his tour "Just these cities, after you book them you need to provide proof that you did but if you don't you will be fired" I check the cities and put the piece of paper in my bag "Thank you" I smile at him "You may go home now" Dre smiles at me as I pack up my notebook "Don't come back" Marshall laughs and I flick his ear "Bitch" I hear Marshall mumble "Dick" I mumble and he glares at me.

I exit the building and bump into Deshaun "Woah there tiger" Deshaun places his hand on my arm "Sorry, I'm just a bit stressed out" I chuckle "Marshall giving you a hard time I assume" Deshaun laughs "No, I just need to book ten shows in the US and Canada for his Anger Management Tour" I tell Deshaun "Ooff that's gonna be tricky" Deshaun laughs and shakes his head "Why?" I ask him "This is show biz and booking someone as big as Em can you get you doing shit you never thought you'd do" Deshaun smirks at me "Only if you are a woman" My eyes widen "Oh god" I cover my mouth "Right" Deshaun nods "I'll help you if you want" Deshaun offers "No I can do this, I don't think it'll be that bad" I smile at him "You have no idea" This is gonna be hell

"I told Shanice you are back in Detroit, she thinks I'm lying" Deshaun laughs "I missed her so much" I admit "She misses you too, I'm glad you stayed in contact with her for so many years" Deshaun smiles at me "Of course, she is like a sister to me" I giggle "Here's my address" Deshaun passes me a little folded piece of paper with the address on "Thank you" I smile and unfold it "I'll go by there now" I read whats on the paper and put it in my pocket "I have to go to work, have a good rest of your day" Deshaun gives me a hug and enters the building. I get in my car and drive over to Deshauns house.

I make it to Deshauns house and exit my car, I walk over to the door and knock on it a few times. I see the door open and see this cute little girl smile at me "Aunty" I hear Naomi giggle and hugs me tightly. Over the years since Naomi was a toddler Shanice has been visiting me in LA, she has never forced me to come back to Detroit since she knows my past and why I left "Hi baby" Naomi extends her arms for me to pick her up, I carry her in my arms "Where is your mom?" I ask her "She is in the kitchen" Naomi smiles at me.

I see Shanice walk out of the kitchen and her eyes widen "Oh my god" I place Naomi back on the floor and walk over to Shanice, I give her a big hug as we both squeal "I thought Deshaun was lying" She is basically squeezing me "He was telling the truth" I giggle "I never thought I'd see the day you'd be back in Detroit" Shanice smiles at me "I'm not back for very long" I tell her "I don't care, you are back here even if it's short timing" Shanice hugs me again.

We sit around her white marble island and Naomi is in her room playing with toys. Shanice serves us a glass of red wine "We have to celebrate your return tonight" Shanice smiles at me "Dina is throwing a party at the strip club tomorrow, come with me" I invite her "Is Marshall gonna be there?" Shanice asks me as she takes a sip of her wine "Of course he is gonna be there, it's a strip club" I laugh "Fuck" She says in annoyance "What's wrong?" I ask her confused "He is a nasty motherfucker" My eyes widen "You guys were best friends, what happened?" I ask her shocked "He's been saying shit about you to his friends when you left and still does" Shanice tells me "I know" She sighs "Damn, I'm sorry" Shanice rubs my arm "When you told me why you left I told Marshall he should talk to you about it and he was like "I'm never gonna talk that fucking bitch again"" Shanice quotes him

"Can we not talk about him" I roll my eyes "Okay I'm sorry, what brought you back to Detroit? Deshaun said he wanted you to tell me apparently it's something huge" I bite my lip and smile while I nod "I work with Dre as his assistant, he wants to promote me as a booking agent for Eminem if I book 10 venues for him in North America for his Anger Management Tour" I tell her "We are gonna celebrate when you get promoted" Shanice winks at me, she raises her glass of wine and I do the same "Welcome back to Detroit" We cling our glasses together. Feels weird being back but I guess it's good to be back.