Meeting Marshall Mathers: The Slim Shady Era

Chapter 21

Marshall had been on the phone to Dre and then Hailie most of the mid afternoon so I decided to make a couple of phone calls of my own. I'd gossiped with Karlie for almost two hours and she simply couldn't grasp the concept of where I was, and being in the eye of a storm that was all over the news and in all the magazines. She'd asked to come over to see me which I'd of loved for her to come over to hear face to face about my experience but it was not my call to make, and in the back of my mind I knew it would of made Marshall very insecure, he'd of most presumably thought I was gossiping every detail with her, which I wasn't at all, I'd not said a word Ano it anything other than how good it was going and how great the sex was.
Now it was time to call home and just as I scrolled down to find my mothers number, a little tear cropped up in my left eye, it really hit home knowing I was about to hear her voice. I wiped it away as I listened to it ring out,

"Hello babyyy" She sounded so happy to hear my voice!

"Mum, hi" I had the greatest smile sprawled across my face,

"How's America sweetie? Are you enjoying it?"

"Mum it's absolutely amazing, incredible even..."

"And how's the accommodation??" She poked,

"I won't lie, it's a big beautiful house, but it's so easily approachable by the public"

"You're staying at a house?"

"Well, yeah? Where else would you think I'd be staying?" she confused me,

"In a hotel? That's where we was told?"

"By who?"

"By your dance tour promoters? Manager or whoever"

"Eh? What?" now I was well and truly lost!

"By someone on your dance team anyway.. Jodie what's going on?"

"I don't know, I have no idea who rang you about packing my stuff but they wasn't who they say they was" I smiled, so Em did actually do it but just secretly and covered it up,

"Okay... so then who are you really with? Are you safe?" I heard the panic in her voice,

"Mum yes I'm fine, better than fine. And well.. if they didn't tell you themselves maybe I shouldn't" I looked at my nails, they needed re-fills,

"I'm your mother Jodie Rose, I want to know where you are, what if something happened? I need to know"

"Trust you to crack the most predictable of lines" I laughed,
"I'm safe and with some of the most amazing people ever, so please do not worry"

"Have you got enough money?"

"Of course. Anything else?"

"Yes, who are you with?" She chuckled,

"Nobody special"

"Jodie... I May be old but I'm most certainly not stupid. I can here that smile" she made me blush!

"If... IF I tell you, then mum you must keep it to yourself!" How would she react? My stomach was flipping more than a gymnast!

"I promise sweetheart, I wouldn't even tell your father"

"Okay..." I exhaled... "I'm... with Marshall... Eminem" the phone went silent,
"Mum?"

"Oh gosh..." she sounded so shocked as she whispered,

"What're you thinking?"

"I'm... Jodie I'm so... shocked! Do I take the posters down in your room?" I'd not even thought!