Fall Tour in New York (Pentatonix Story)

Part 8 - Photo Booth

(A/N:  It's been forever - I know.  Sorry about that.  Hopefully, I will be able to write more in the new year! Happy New Year!)

It had been an entire month since the whole Becki drama and the group was almost back to normal.  They felt that they were back in their element; producing some great shows and enjoying their amazing fans.  Each show was better than the last.  The police finally caught up to Becki, who was hiding out in a nearby hotel next to one of the venues of the shows.  She tried to get into one of their shows and this time, the security for Pentatonix knew who she was.  Becki was not expecting that and she was caught instantly.  She was arrested on site, fined, and issued with a restraining order.  Her parents weren’t too pleased to hear of her activities.  Esther hired a few more body guards for their duration in NYC, which Peter’s family paid for; they still felt horrible about everything.  Pentatonix was coming to the end of their tour and they were planning their last few weeks in NYC.  They absolutely loved their accommodations at the Ritz. 

“That was such a great show!” exclaimed Mitch as they headed back to the hotel after a show. 
“Yes, it was, our shows are going amazingly!” Scott said with a huge smile towards the group.
Everyone nodded in agreement.  As they were riding in their limo on the way back to the Ritz, Esther got a text on her phone.  She looked at it again and couldn’t believe what she was reading.  It couldn’t be true, could it?  Avi noticed something was wrong and leaned over and whispered towards Esther, “Everyone okay?”
She shook her head and looked very concerned.
Avi not wanting to pry, said, “Is there anything that I can do?”
Esther shook her head again and said, “No, forget it.  I need to deal with something as soon as we get back to the hotel.  It’s on my laptop, that’s all.”
Avi leaned back and couldn’t help but wonder what was going on with his sister.  Kirstie squeezed his hand and he looked over at her and Kirstie mouth, “everything okay?”
He shrugged his shoulders.
Esther kept glancing at her phone and would look up every now and then out the window to see how much further they had before arriving at the hotel.  When arriving at the hotel, Esther practically bolted from the car and ran inside the hotel. 
“Esther,” Avi called out, but she didn’t respond.
The rest of the group looked at Avi and he just shrugged again and said, “I don’t know what’s going on, something is though.”

Esther arrived at the suites first and she couldn’t be happier to be alone in this moment.  She slid her key card and waited impatiently for the door to read the card.  It turned green and she ran towards her room.  She threw her stuff on the bed and plopped down in the desk chair and opened her laptop.  She searched and searched and was in horror to discover that what the text said was apparently true.  She had received a text from a close friend saying that, ‘your computer has been hacked and the photo below will be online tomorrow.’

“Oh my God, this can’t be happening,” Esther said to herself. 

She looked at her text again and read the message again.  She somehow kept thinking that she was in some nightmare from which she couldn’t wake up.  She slowly realized her reality and began wondering what the hell she was going to do.  If that photo got out, it would hurt so many people close to her.  People wouldn’t understand and the gossip websites and magazines would be all over this.  She opened her laptop and typed in her password and searched for the folder where the photo must have been.  She ran a security check on her laptop and sure enough, there were some hits of a spyware on her laptop.  She knew that the damage was already done and she couldn’t help but feel so violated. 

The rest of the group arrived at the suites and Mitch, Scott, and Emma all headed towards their rooms while Kevin, Kirstie, and Avi headed towards a shared living room.  Kevin looked over at Avi and said, “Should we go check on Esther?”
Avi looked over at a concerned Kevin and said, “I’m going to go check on her, she’s got me worried that something is really wrong.”
Kirstie nodded and asked, “You want me to go?”
Avi looked over at Kirstie and said, “Thank you Kirstie, but let me try first.”
Kirstie smiled supportively and said, “Well, I’m going to go change and freshen up, come get me if you need me.”
Kirstie left and headed towards her room and Kevin looked through his phone while he sat on the large sofa.  Avi headed in the direction of Esther’s room and knocked softly.