Independence -Ch 4

Chapter 4

Once he arrived at Kylee’s office, Jon was shown into her office right away.
“Good afternoon Jon, were you able to get everything easily?”

“Actually I had to use the threat of changing companies but after I did that Chad made sure I had no problems. Here are all the contracts and other legal documents; can you make sure I get a copy of them back?”

“Actually Jon its part of my standard practice that you get copies of everything that I do for you, no matter what so we’re both always on the same page.” She buzzed Kelly into the room so she could make all the copies. Once she left Kylee turned to Jon, “What did you find on the financial side?”

“That’s where I’ve got a problem.” He handed her the bank statements not knowing if he liked her looking at how much money he’s made but at this point beggars can’t be choosers and he needed things to change with the band if they had a prayer. He knew the irony of the thought would cause most to laugh but it was true.

“What seems to be the problem, these statements look to be in good order?” Not noticing anything on the papers he gave her that caused major alarm. Some of the withdrawals seemed a bit high but she did not know the details of how much it cost to run a band.

“My problem is the top statement, California; I don’t live there and never set up that account.” He said it, without stating the words he let Kylee have enough ammunition to bury Doc if he let her.

“Jon let me make sure I understand you, are you saying this signature is not yours?” Clarification is fundamental in legal procedures.

“That’s what I’m telling you. If you look at all the other accounts you’ll see what my signature looks like for legal dealings, I sign my legal name not my stage name, that’s the wrong spelling for that type of paper.” His heart was pounding so intense, it was finally hitting him, Doc not only tried to kill the band with work, he not only tried to work his voice until it had nothing left, but he also stole money from them. He inhaled deeply, “What’s my next step?”

“Jon you’re on the next flight to California, would you like me to have Kelly make the reservations?”

“It won’t be necessary we have a jet still chartered. I can be off the ground in 90 min.” He quickly called his pilot letting him know and then turned to Kylee. “You’re on retainer right?”

“You haven’t paid it yes but that is the verbal agreement we have.”

“Good, how about you put all this in a briefcase and jump on the plane with me?” There was no way he’d be able to sit still for that entire flight unless he had something to do to take his mind off things.

“Jon you won’t need me to close the account.”

“No but I will need you in case I see Doc and beat him to a pulp. My lawyer will need to get my ass out of jail.” Somehow she believed he just might do it, after buzzing Kelly to tell her she was leaving for the afternoon, she packed up what she needed and headed out the door with Jon. After a 3 minute stop at his place which she stayed in the car for, he had his driver’s license and birth certificate as well as the court document declaring the stage name for publicity sake. He really was good at time, 79 min after he called his pilot they were in the air.