Chapter 9: just another day
Harry pov
"I'm home" I shouted as I opened the front door.
"Welcome home darling" my mother greeted me with a hug.
"Mother, where's the other ? " I asked my mother.
"Well they already fall asleep, Alex sleeps a lot and Haley is just too tired after playing around all day long" my mother explained.
"What about dad ? " I asked her again.
"He's on the way home, he said he just closed another big deal, it seems his work is getting better and better,I even wondering why" my mother says with a confused expression on her beautiful face.
"Is it because he sold a house to a lot of people that work with me or was introduced by my partner ? after all i got several partners both in publishing house and record label, so maybe they did it " I said nonchalantly .
"Maybe ? well as long as he is happy" mom said to me.
"Should I make dad my personal manager ? then i can pay him a good yearly income and he will have a lot of free time when i don't actively working " I asked my mother.
"NOOOOO, NO NO dear you can't do that, your dad is happy as a realtor you know " my mother seems panicked at my question, she seems a bit weird but i just let it slide.
Claire pov
To be honest, it's not that I don't want Phil to take it easy and have much more free time to spend with us, but, as Harry's manager ? No, if anyone in this family takes that job, it's gonna be me, who can be better than me in managing his business ? other than me ? no one. No one other than me, I said confidently
"Okay then, I'm gonna take a bath and rest for the day, night mom" Harry said to me.
"Night darling, don't forget to brush your teeth" I said to him when he was walking upstairs.
Sigh… i know Harry is extraordinary, but it's not easy having such a child, for most of the time, i can't understand his thought and when i'm trying to understand his behaviors he will simply act like a kid and suddenly i get thrown off, i don't know that he really have child like behaviors or he just act like one for escaping my probing ?.
And the fact that he is making a lot of money is great, our family doesn't have any kind of financial pressure, even if my husband stops working, we are still gonna be fine for a long time, but when Mitchell told me that Harry signed a 35 million dollars investment for Steven S movie .
I was shocked once again, because I didn't even know Harry had that kind of money. All of his book and music income come into my account, and I know it's not that much, so where did he find the money ? or does he hide his actual income and only put a bit in my account ? That is the biggest possibility, maybe someone did help him set up an account that I don't know and he just gave me a part of his income. Is that why he acts like the money in my account is my money ?
other than that, his confidence and charisma are too big, sometimes it even affects me, and I'm his mother. When he gives an order like an emperor even i think he is right, is this a good thing ?
I love my son, but seeing him growing up so fast unlike other kids is also a bit hard for me. And just when I'm feeling a bit sad, i can feel someone hugging me from the back, and before i even ask, I know it's my husband from his fragrance alone, i just let him hug me silently for a while, before i decide to turn my body facing him and snuggling on his chest.
Phil pov
I don't know what happened, but when I saw my wife from her back, I just decided to hug her instinctively , and I guess I did the right thing. She needed this, maybe something making her upset, or maybe it was just her time of the month ? I don't know.
"Are you alright ?" I asked my wife gently while caressing her hair gently.
"Yeah.. I'm fine" She answered me with a low spirit.
"Maybe we can take some rest " I said while slowly carrying her to our bedroom.
"Wait , what ?" and then she screams a bit when I carry her, but after that she just holds me tighter while snuggling to my chest gently.
General pov
This night is when Phil and Claire talk a lot about their children, from the funny daily things, to deeper topic like behavior, hope, and a few what if scenario, but for some reason deep talk like this are making their relationship even deeper and better than the pleasure of flesh, two individual whom getting closer to each other emotionally, trying to understand each other even better turn out to be a good thing.
Maybe this is the reason why Phil never looks at other women romantically , even if his eyes sometimes wander around, but he only sees things without doing anything that would hurt Claire or his marriage.
As expected, after midnight passes , a sound that is inappropriate is flowing out of the master bedroom of the Dunphy family, today it seems that they are even more enthusiastic at continuing the Dunphy family line, it is no surprise they have a lot of children.
In the morning, after everyone eats their breakfast, Harry and Haley are playing together in their own room, while Claire is busy taking care of Alex and Phil once again has an open house where he needs to be.
"Harry, can I ask you something ?" Haley suddenly asks Harry.
"Sure , just ask me "
"Is it true you won't go to school with me ? " Haley asked Harry softly while observing his expression.
"To be completely honest , yes, at least until high school, we can go to the same High school, but for elementary and middle school, I'm gonna skip it and focus on my work, it's not easy for me to socialize around with a kid after all." Harry decided to tell Haley the truth, sooner or later she's gonna find out anyway.
"So I'm gonna go to school alone ?" Haley asks Harry.
"Not really, you're gonna meet a lot of friends in school" Harry answered her.
"But you won't be there" Haley still insisted.
"Yes, i won't be there, but doesn't mean we can't meet, we will still meet each other after you come home from school"
"I still didn't like it, I want we to go together" Haley said.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that Haley" Harry stayed firm on his opinion.
"Why ?" Haley asked with teary eyes.
"Because it's really hard for me to socialize with other kids, too tiring too" Harry answered her.
"So I'm going alone ? " she asked.
"There are a lot of kids in the school, just not me Haley" Harry answered helplessly.
"Fine , you bad bad brother that let me go alone" Haley said.
Harry just stays silent and puts the toys down, and he picks up some book before reading it in his bed, while Haley is sulking around while still playing with her stuffed toys.
They continue to ignore each other until their mother decide to call them for lunch, luckily during lunch their father come back home so they can talk together, but everyone can see, that Haley is not happy with the fact Harry doesn't need to go to school, but she does and because it's hard to explain to her why her brother getting free time and she need to go to school.
Claire decides to simply say that Harry is a bit different than other kids and that he has already finished all the lessons until high school. That's the easiest way to say it to Haley, so even though Haley can't really accept it, she still goes to school alone.
Timeskip next week, Harry pov
Today is the day I will go to the UMG again. Pat said she was going to find several singers to sing the let it be and I'm gonna decide who the perfect singer will be, so just like before, I asked uncle Mitch to drive me to the office again.
We arrived a bit early, but when I entered the meeting room, Pat was already waiting for me.
"Nice to see you again Pat, so how many singers did you find for me ?" I asked her.
"To be honest i only found 3 singers that have both the sound and the popularity, but you can listen to them first before deciding who's gonna sing it" she answered honestly.
"Well we're gonna hear them right ? are they all ready ?" I asked pat.
"Sure we can go to the studio right now, all 3 of them are ready and want to impress you, even if they don't get chosen they still want to know you"
"Let's go, we need to do this as fast as possible after all" I said while walking toward the studio.
I sit on the sofa and fully concentrate on the singers in the back of the glass. Pat has already called 3 singers, and I don't recognise any of them, but I still trust Pat's choice and am ready to listen to them first before judging them.
After a while the first one started to sing, his voice is soft and a bit like one member of bee gees but I'm not sure if he is the right one singing Let it Be , so i decided to tell pat that his voice is great, but i will need to hear the other 2 before making my choice.
The second singer's voice is more suitable for jazz, his voice is very similar to Michael Buble in my previous life, it's smooth but once again maybe not the best for Let it be.
The third one enters the studio and prepares to sing. Suddenly pat tells me that he is a newcomer in the industry and hasn't released any album yet, in terms of popularity he is a bit behind the other two, he signed with the UMG after winning a singing contest in LA . I don't mind that, as long as his voice is good enough.
In the end, my mind was blown out of the water, he got a voice just like Paul McCartney. I immediately stood up and screamed.
" This is it. I want him to sing Let It Be, who is he, Pat ?"
"His name is Paul MacArthur , he is one of the descendant of the general Douglas MacArthur"
"I want him, he is perfect, even more so if he can play the piano while singing this song" I said to Pat.
"Alright we will choose him as the singer."
"How long does it take for him to release Let It Be as a single ?"
"I can do that in maybe a month or two, but why are you so rushed for this song ?"
"I need it as fast as you can Pat, my grandpa loves this song after all."
"Alright I will see what I can do" Pat assured me, and with her work ethic, I know she can do this in under 2 months.