Of Course, It's You

Chapter 41

Hannah

As Hannah called out her directions to the people setting up the barricades and handed out maps, she felt her phone vibrating in her pocket. She only had a couple days left to make sure everything was set and ready for the concerts that Saturday.

She saw the name on her phone screen and answered the call.

"Hey Mike. I'm kind of swamped at the moment. What's up?"

"Oh shit, that's right. You're not in the office this week really, are you?" He asked.

"No, I'll barely be in because I'm on site helping everyone set up." She said before she directed someone walking past her. "No, that goes to stage one. The rest can stay on three." Returning her attention to Mike, she asked, "Is something wrong?"

"You haven't read them yet, have you? You haven't even seen them."

"What haven't I seen?" She asked. She was looking at the map on a folding table, ready to direct the truck bringing in the rented porta-potties.

She was pointing to the designated area the truck driver should go to, when Mike continued. "I guess there was someone outside with a camera the other night."

"What do you mean? What camera?" Hannah was too focused on making sure the tires of the truck didn't run anything over.

"Hannah, the night we went to dinner, there was someone outside with a camera. There are pictures of us all over the internet."

"Okay, and?" She wasn't fully paying attention to the meaning behind what was said, and the reason why Mike seemed flustered.

"I know you're busy, but you might want to call Carmen." He spoke.

The name struck Hannah enough that she paused what she was doing and stood tall. "Call Carmen, why?"

"Hannah, Google your name and then call her. I know you're busy. You probably haven't even heard half of what I just told you."

She understood that much. Okay, Google your own name and then call Carmen. Why?

"I'll let you go." He said quickly.

"Wait. what's going on-" Hannah tried to ask, but he had already hung up. "Well, that wasn't helpful." She muttered to herself.

So, with the five seconds she had left to spare, she googled her name. And she then spent the next ten minutes reading about herself and Mike and the relationship that they now apparently shared. That she had been the asshole to break up with Carmen because her father was a piece of trash and Hannah couldn't stand it.

She read another article claiming that she was cheating behind Carmen's back and blaming Carmen for her father's actions. Carmen had no idea that while she was in New York working to keep her company afloat, her girlfriend had left her for a guy. Again.

None of the articles had any word from reputable sources close to Carmen.

Oh, no.

This was going to make everything worse. Both for Carmen and Hannah. Probably make things bad for the entire weekend event.

How could she counter this? How could she ensure that any time she spoke about the event, or even when she spoke at the event, people would ask about the artists and the meaning behind the whole weekend, instead of her relationships. She couldn't have reporters focus their attention on these false claims.