Chapter Seventy

"You've got to be kidding me Mikey ", Anthony said to his estranged son when he relayed the information to him, even though Mikey had pleaded with him not to make a fuss, he still could not accept the fact that his son was still hanging around the music area. Music had cost him a lot, even his wife and he was not ready to induce any member of his family to music, not anymore, not after all that had happened. "Before you murder me for chasing my dreams dad, same dreams which built you up, allow me time to explain to you just how dangerous Mr Jay... ",Mikey started saying when he interrupted the discussion shifting into an uncomfortable situation. He knew how much his father detested music, especially after Mikey's mom, he also knew that his old man would never give him full support so he could not let it fall in his side, but what Mikey did not know was that his father had already had an encounter with the likes of Jay Martins. "I know everything there is to know about Jay Martins Mikey ",he said and his son's eyes widened, "But dad, that day when he came for Bella, you did nothing and practically said.. ",he was trying to judge his father when he was cut off, "You see son, I think its high time I told you something really serious about this whole thing ",Anthony started and seeing the seriousness in his father's gaze, Mikey gave his undivided attention. Anthony felt the time was right for his son to know the story of what happened to his mother and how he lost her, he had bore the guilt for twelve good years, it was time he shared it with his son. Music was evil and it came from the fact that he had been pressurized by the toppers to pursue some underground deals that had cost him momentarily happiness and fame but the aftermath effect was a life full of guilt. 

Its been twelve years actually but the memories and scene was still fresh in his mind. Did he know Jay Martins, one might say not really as the lad had been young at the time. But he knew someone else and they once had a serious bond, Martin senior, Jay's father. He had been into music for a while now, that was when he met the man at a concert at his hotel. Actually, the old man had expressed admiration for his style, he told him how proud he was of him being a goal getter, Martin's senior made him a offer which no one would dare refuse. A offer that would sail him into a lifetime of wealth and stardom and all he wanted at that time was the duo. He remembered their several secret meetings and also then his first assignment. He moved the drugs inside the music instruments and for the record he held for being clean or probably fate did not want him punished, he achieved it. Time came and time flew, he himself started taking drugs and going on secret deals, his wife became alarmed but he dished her alarm as the cries of a scared woman. Then he acquired his first hotel, all hell broke loose, he neglected his family yet Agnes never left him, he suddenly became famous for both good and bad but the importance of everything was he was a star and a rich one. He got more properties, bars, hotels and clubs. That's when Agnes threatened to leave and he told her straight, to hell with her. Martin's senior by his side, the world was his oyster, until that deal came up. That fateful day, he killed for Martins, little did he know that he had overstepped his bounds and stepped on toes. Martins had taken ill, and you know the saying, when the cat is not around, the Mouse comes out to play.