The Quiet Sister✔️

42. Is She

CJ POV

Finally, a release date for his all-finished album.

Next month. That fast he would be out there for the world. Things were moving so quickly, that he barely had a breather. It was still the middle of the semester of school and he had no idea how he would finish, and he wanted to finish school.

Speaking with his professors helped and they all agreed with him on how he could finish the semester with all the travel he would have. He only was a few credits shy of graduating, something he promised himself he would do, so somehow he would make it work. If his crush Megan Thee Stallion could do it, so could he.

He was back in L.A. to perform for a couple of people to see if he wanted to join a tour.

Then he was off to Atlanta doing more promo work, getting his name and voice out there.

The fact that he was one of the Kellys but not his famous sisters, already gave him a bit of clout. Tennille's performance and Grammy wins made him somebody to pay attention to. But he did not want to ride his sister's coattails, but he definitely needed her help.

"Boy I don't have time for you and hand holding you!" his sister shouted at him when he called for advice.

"Damn NiNi, I'm your brother."

"So? And!" she said in her Tennille dramatic fashion. "Icee just let me do my thing, he did not hold my hand or anything."

He knew that to be a lie. Icee surely held her hand to navigate the business. Tennille had something he did not have, the all-around natural talent. Not only was she an amazing singer, but she also had the dancing and performing down. When she took the stage it was an event to see. Like a Ciara or a Beyonce, on that level.

He was nowhere near an Usher or a Chris Brown, the guys he looked up to. Yes, he had the voice but he had no wow factor on stage.

"I just need you to work with me on performing. I'm not getting much feedback on the performances I've done. I know you will be honest about it."

"That's what you have Sarena for. She will be honest and kick your ass if you mess up our good name."

"So you're just gonna let me be out there...looking cray cray?"

Tennille let out a long, loud sigh, and he imagined her rolling her eyes. "Boy okay! Shoot!"

"I'aight. Can you meet me over at my mom's house?"

"Whatever, boy bye!"

It was a good thing his sister was still in town. Word was she was renegotiating her deal with Icee and Factory Hitz. After her wins, everyone wanted to sign her because she only had a three-album deal with Da Factory, and bigger labels were trying to buy her out of that contract. He knew there was no way Tennille would leave Icee, but he was sure Icee was offering her up more.

"I just love Tennille!" Ishii gushed "Let me shower, change, and look presentable to her."

"Come on babe, it's just my sister."

"A superstar!" Ishii said and ran off to the bathroom.

It was Ishii's idea to get Tennille to talk him through the business and go over some of his performances. His mother was away for two weeks on a vacation to Japan to see some of their family. She asked him to stay at the house to watch Ishii, meanwhile, they spent their days and nights fucking. He wondered if his mother would care that the two of them were sex-crazed all the time.

He still was not ready to make her his girlfriend, but he craved her every day. She was like his drug. He did not even think of his other girls or let the groupies sway him.