It took half an hour and another call for Derek to respond properly.
"This is a very unfortunate situation we found ourselves in, Mr. Gemello."
"An understatement," Tristan bit out. "I know people whose careers were crushed over less. At least I wasn't accused of doing things to minors."
In the last half an hour, his mood only became worse. In a large part, because he made a mistake of researching the situation deeper and reading all the hate comments. Most of the haters definitely didn't hear a single one of his songs in their entire lives.
"But there are also plenty of people who came out of these situations on top, Mr. Gemello. It's still only a media scandal, and not the worst one. If you had a band, someone would've been demanding that you'd be kicked out, but since you are on your own, they have nothing to grasp. And you have plenty of support from your own fans."
"Small blessings."
