It's 1999, and Michael is doing a series of charity shows in Seoul. Michael vows that he loves Bernadine his wife of ten years, more than anything, but being on tour brings out the worst in him. With the young beauty Shana, giving him an exciting reminder of what it is to be a young man on the road, Michael has to decide where his priorities lie.

[MJFAs 2019 Winner - Best Short Story] The fourth day of the week. The day before Friday. Just any other day. But to Valerie, it's everything. It's the one day that she belongs to Michael Jackson. Sex, drugs, and alcohol are his life. He doesn't do love. But what happens when lust turns to love and Valerie breaks the rules by falling for Michael? Will he succumb to the temptations of the only girl who could possibly change him for the better? ~A completed nine-part story based on The Weeknd's mixtape of the same name~ "𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲..."

**REWRITING** After traveling to the countryside to take a break from society, Monty Darling was beginning to relax into the solitude. That is, until an influx of nightmares and sightings of a blue-eyed, shadowy figure start to threaten her safety and mental state. Paranoia plagues her existence, and just when she feels she's on the brink of insanity, she dreams of a radiant star, then finds a naked man beaten and starving in the cornfields behind her house, growing enamored by the mystery and child-like innocence he possesses. **TW: Mental illness, disillusionment/detachment, swearing, violence, horror, gore, slight sexual content (nothing too explicit), mentions of child abuse, imprisonment, mentions of psychological abuse/manipulation **Michael is not famous in this story. ***And thank you so much for the lovely cover, motownmimi. It really means a lot to me.

⚠️ Copyright © 2019 by IntenseArt. This is an original story. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher. I have the right to report anyone who copies my work❗⚠️ Layla and Michael are happily married, and have a beautiful family. They went through a lot to get to where they are today, and everything is perfect... but is it all too much of a good thing? Some demons might slowly creep back in. We'll see if it really is all still perfect, behind closed doors.