The Boss

Chapter 23: You're All That Matters To Me

Adam

I woke up in my cold bed and stretched. I walked over to the calendar and x'ed off another day ... only 90 more days. We had made a mutual decision that Sauli would stay in Finland for 3 months at a time and then come to NYC for 3 months. But Sauli got some amazing opportunities there and it turned into him having to stay for a year, if not more. It felt like we'd been apart A LOT longer than 275 days that's for sure. I looked at the time and quickly turned on my laptop, it was time for our 2x weekly Skype. A few minutes later I was staring at my baby thru the computer screen.

Me: Hey baby.

Sauli: Hey Addy ...

Me: Anything new?

Sauli: I got hired to do a little modeling for a jeans company.

Me: That's great! It's time everyone sees how gorgeous my Sauce is.

Sauli: You're too kind. Mom and Katri told me to tell you hi.

Me: Tell them I said hi back.

Sauli: How are things going there?

Me: Alright same old same. We are sold out every show this week.

My phone started ringing and I saw that it was Todd. I put it on silent but then I got a text from him saying they needed me to call him ASAP.

Me: Sorry baby that's Todd I have to go. You be home later to try this again?

Sauli: No, I have to go out of town, we won't be able to talk tomorrow either.

Me: Oh ok. Well, be safe ... I love you.

Sauli: I love you too.

I shut down the computer and sighed. I always put on a happy face when I Skyped Sauli, he didn't need to see me upset. He seemed so happy. I picked up my phone and called Todd.

Todd: About time you called. We need to talk.

Me: What's up?

Todd: These Finnish lessons you're taking have to stop. People are starting to pick up on a bit of an accent.

Me: They're not going to stop Todd. I'm sorry but Sauli means the world to me and I'm doing this for him.

Todd: Does he mean more to you than this job?

Me: Yes ... yes he does.

Todd: Good, you can have more time with him then. You're fired.

I hung up the phone and felt almost relieved. Doing the same show day after day night after night sure got tiring. This meant that maybe I could go visit him in Finland to surprise him. I wanted to make sure I had a decent foundation so I called up Katri. I could practice on her and I knew I could trust her.

Katri: Moi.

Me: Hey Katri.

Katri: Adam it's so good to hear your voice. How are you?

Me: I'm alright. How about yourself?

Katri: I see you've been practicing.

Me: Yeah I’ve been taking classes ... I want to surprise Sauli. Do you know where he's going he said he won't be in town tonight or tomorrow?

Katri: Didn't he tell you?

Me: Tell me what?

Katri: His dad was traveling up north and got in a serious car accident. He's in rough shape and they told Sauli and his mom to head up there. Sauli asked me to head up there with him, he's been a mess since he found out. The train doesn't leave till 7pm though so they had to wait.