𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡-𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡 of 𝗥&𝗕 |𝗕𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗬 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡 ˡᵒᵛᵉ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ|

𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘/ 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗠

A month later-1994
Mr. and Mrs. Brown's home
Atlanta, GA

Tommy was walking out of the guest room with his suitcase. "Hey, morning, y'all," He says to his parents. "Alright, I'm out of here,"

"Sit down," Miss. Carole tells him before he can walk out the door.

Tommy turns to his mother. "Why, what's wrong?" He questions.

His parents did not say a word, Miss. Carole only dropped some papers saying 'Notice To Vacate' on the island counter.

Tommy sets his suitcase down and walks up to the counter to take a look. "Oh, man," Tommy says with his voice low. Mr. Brown crossed his arms as Miss. Carole kept looking at Tommy.

"How he can be making all this damn money, taking trips overseas, buying whatever he wants, but he can't keep up payments on his own house?" She asked Tommy confused as Mr. Brown looked down and shakes his head. 

"I don't know what to tell y'all, alright? He don't listen to nobody, I thought he took care of this," He replied.

"You thought he took care of this?" Miss. Carole asks. "You're his manager, you were supposed to make sure he took care of it."

"Y'all don't get it," Tommy tells them. "I tried to-"

"Stop that 'I don't get it', I don't care," Miss. Carole cuts Tommy off. "This is the second notice, Tommy, they will take this house!"

"Can you understand?" She questions.

"I do," Tommy answers. "I understand."

"How come Kylea didn't do anything, surely Bobby would listen to her about this," Miss. Carole points out.

"She would've but-" Tommy stopped then remembered what happened. "It's just--" Tommy stammers.

"Boy, what's wrong with you?" Miss. Carole narrowed her eyes in confusion.

"I don't know what to do, ma," Tommy tells her. "Bobby is getting high every day, I'm talking about high out of his mind."

"High on what?" Miss. Carole asks. "Reefer?"

Tommy didn't respond.

"I said high on what?" Miss. Carole asked again.

"Coke," Tommy answers. "Listen, last month Bobby cheated on Kylea, and now they're getting a divorce," He tells them. 

"What?" Miss. Carole scrunched up her face as Mr. Brown was also confused and shocked. 

"With who?" She asked.

"Whitney Houston, they have a baby together and got them a place here. He and her, they stay in that house, sometimes he even stays at his and Kylea's place for weeks on end." He explains it to them. "They got a dealer that comes by and the shit off in the mailbox. Sometimes I go months by without seeing or hearing from either one of them."

"Where's Royce and Kylea?" Mr. Brown speaks up. 

"They're in L.A., Kylea moved in with her mother," Tommy answered. "Who's watching the baby?" His father asked referring to Whitney and Bobby's baby.

"The nannies," Tommy answered, Mr. Brown looked away as Miss. Carole was shaking her head at Tommy.

"Tommy, if you had been on your job, and watching out like you were supposed to, maybe none of this would've happened," Miss. Carole told him.

"Woah, woah, woah, you're putting this on me?" Tommy questions standing up from his seat. "I gave up everything for Bobby and Kylea, you remembered that?"