Slipping Away

Chapter 15

December 14th, 1993

Michael was flipping through Mariah's book, ignoring the ill feelings he had towards her. The book had proven to be very useful to him and he was sleeping more easily using the tips that had been provided.

He heard soft footsteps coming from his room and Lisa put a hand on his shoulder. "What are you reading?"

"Just a book. Different ways to help me relax and sleep." He explained.

Lisa nodded. "That's good that you have that. Especially if these allegations go to trial."

"I don't even want to think about it. You know they want to strip search me?"

Lisa's eyes widened. "What? Why?"

"The kid gave a ... description of my...yeah." Michael shook his head. "Now they want to see it."

Lisa's mouth dropped. "Wow...this family is not holding back are they? When are they going to do it?"

"In less than a week." He sighed. "This is really getting ridiculous and I just want to move on with my life."

"Those bastards are probably jealous their penises are tiny." Lisa said.

He laughed. "Lisa!"

"What? From what I saw last night, they're gonna want to convict you just because their pride is hurt." She giggled. "What did you do to this people, fuck their wife?"

"Actually... I did fuck their wife." He shook his head. "Bad idea."

"You like married women don't you?" Lisa batted her eyelashes.

He shrugged. "I like women, some of them just so happen to be married. They forget about that once they see me though."

Lisa laughed. "Why don't you show this side of yourself to the public instead of that Peter Pan character? You're funny, you curse, you drink and if people saw you like I see you right now they wouldn't believe this bullshit for a second."

"I just don't like the media in my personal life with all of their craziness." He shook his head. "I let the music speak for me."

Lisa frowned. "I guess."

December 16th, 1993

"So you're married to Tommy and pregnant by Michael?"

Mariah nodded.

Walter face-palmed. "This is too much."

She was in the studio with Walter working on a few original songs for her Christmas album. She was actually in her home studio, but Tommy was at Sony headquarters so she could finally talk to someone about her secret.

"Should I tell Tommy?" She inquired.

Walter shrugged. "I think you should tell Michael first."

"I can't do that." Mariah said.

"Why not?"

"First, I don't think he'll ever want to speak to me again and second, Tommy is always around."

Walter wrinkled his nose. "Why does that matter? After that quickie wedding, he should've expected something like this."

"I guess, but I'm scared to tell anyone." She covered her face with her hands. "Tommy would-"

"Mariah! I'm home."

Mariah looked at Walter. "You know nothing."

"Your secret is safe with me."