Hampton, 26/05/2012. 08:08.
Nathaniel was just getting ready to sleep when he heard his phone ring. He owns the last top of the line Iphone that his grandmother gave him. She always says that if he doesn't own the best of the best, that would reflect badly on his family, that's why his phone, laptop and clothes were all top of the line.
He was awake all night last night because he was busy setting up and deleting email addresses which he was using to mail information to media groups in the US and to the tribunal international of LaHaye. The truth was that none of what he was doing would be possible for him if not thanks to the CIA. They get Marc killed and he had very strong emotions about that but they teach him many things too. Skills that Nathaniel hoped he would never have to use but valuable skills nonetheless.
Hacking and setting up disposable, non traceable email addresses was falling in that category. He even thought to link this email to the CIA Headquarters in Langley as a little payback but thought better of it. That was simply not worth it to do. There was a not so little part of him who wanted to get payback for Marc death but had decided against it ultimately. He could hurt the agency with his skill, he knew that but he couldn't do it without hurting his country in the process and that would not sit well with him. Not after everything Marc did to protect it, not after the sea of blood he spilled to protect it.
Back to the phone call that he was receiving it was weird because almost nobody knew his number. He had only seven people contact number memorise in it and only the same number of people knew his number, six of whom were currently in the mansion, that leave actually only one person to call him. Taking his phone and looking at the number ID, his guess happened to be right.
"Hi Taylor, you are up early, what's up?"
"Nathaniel! Have you heard?" She exclaimed.
"Heard what?"
"That's on every radio, news site and magazine since last night! You really don't know?"
'She's talking about the Caldwell case? No, that's not possible. Even if I screw up one of the delay timers in one of the emails, that would be way too soon to publish it. What the hell is she talking about?' He thought furiously.
"Wait, I sent you a link." She said and a few seconds later, he received a link by text which he clicked on.
He got sent to a news site where in the title people could read. "Taylor new boyfriend, exclusive picture."
"WTF!" Explode Nathaniel on the phone.
On the site he could see a few pictures where he was with Taylor at the party last week. In fact, only two pictures were on the site. The first one was when he murmured to Taylor ear, the scene hinted to an intimate relationship. The other one was when they were hugging after the song, the picture looked to be taken by a phone on both occasions. He read quickly through the article, it wasn't even saying his name!
"I know, sorry about that. They do this every time I am with a man, it's driving me nuts. I'm really sorry for you, I'm not the best friend to have around I know" She said in a deprecative voice.
"Don't worry about it, I know that you are really famous, I knew what I was engaging myself when I decided to be friends with you. I don't really care what people think or say about me you know." He said with a laugh, soothing her worry.
"Thanks for that but that was not the principal reason why I am calling you, scroll down and look."
Doing just that, he noticed a link which sent him to Youtube. He clicked on it and was sent to the Youtube channel of one the talk show or the network "CBS". Probably the one who released it.
He launched the video and could listen to his own voice. The quality wasn't that great but he thought it sounded pretty good. He notices something that made him freeze and leave his mouth wide open. The video has over one million views and was trending on Youtube with over 5 thousand comments. Once he overcame his shock, he started reading the comment section. People were saying that he sang well, others say he was handsome and the others say that this was garbage. The best comment he found was congratulating him and wanted to know where they could buy it.
"My god… this is unbelievable!' Said Nathaniel full of awe.
"I told you people were going to love it! And this is the first version! When we are going to release the second version, it will blow their minds!" She said joyfully.
In the past week, they were meeting each other everyday in the afternoon to work on it. It was he's much needed break from the atrocities he was looking into. He could not wait that this period end to focus on his music for a while. Something could not be helped and he had promised himself to act when the situation needed it. He knew that this impulse was coming from Marc part of him.
"You are right! I can��t wait to show them the final result! This is my first song and I want it to be perfect!" He said enthusiastically.
"I know! Trust me that I know!" She said with a laugh.
Nathaniel was always flexible but with this song he was uncompromising. The lyrics of it would not be touched for exemple, things that Taylor admit it was best since they had a purity that none could match. Now they were talking and experiencing the melody and choosing which instruments they would incorporate in the song. The conversation would sometimes be hard but Taylor was experienced enough to not care. Like she often said, she worked with authors and singers who were far worse than him.
"Sorry to be a handful sometimes." He said apologetically.
"None taken, I'm a handful too and you know it." She responded, brushing his concern away.
"Want to meet for dinner before we locked yourself in my family music room?" Nathaniel offered.
"Sound good, Meet you later."
���Later Taylor." He said before hanging up and going to sleep for a few hours.