“Don’t go there,” said Rory. “She’s right. You know it. Shit got too deep.”
“You’re right, Rory,” I said. “Take a look at this.”
I picked up the remote sitting on the edge of my father’s desk and clicked on the collection of YouTubes and the twitter feed with the hashtag #rockerruckus. The team put together the worst of them to drive home a point. I had the video cued, and the sound pushed up high to grab their attention.
“You fucking asshole,” screamed Cole. “Get the fuck out of this restaurant. I don’t want to see your ugly face while I’m trying to eat, you sick fuck.”
“Fuck you!” yelled Jersey. “It’s a fucking public restaurant.”
“Guys,” said Rory.
“Shut up!” retorted Cole and Jersey in unison.
“Leave him alone,” snorted Cole.
“I don’t need your protection, Cole,” said Rory. He raised his hands and backed away.
“Enough,” said Jersey. “I get the point.”
“Do you?” I said. I wasn’t willing to stop my tutorial. I fast forward past the part where Cole chased Jersey through the restaurant with a raised chair, and when Rory convinced Cole to put it down, Jersey smashed him in the face. The twitter feed came up and some of the worst popped up in animation all under the hashtag #rockstarruckus
Grow the fuck up!
I can’t let my teen listen to you now.
Do you kiss your mama with your potty mouth?
On it went, displaying the overwhelming number of fans disgusted with the three grown men’s action.
“We’ve got to get control of this,” I said.
“Yeah, you can control it,” snapped Cole. “Get rid of these other two fuckers.”
“You’re nuts,” said Jersey. “You’re the one that needs to go.”
“Fuck that,” said Rory. “You two were the biggest asses.”
“No,” I said firmly. “You don’t seem to understand. This problem now belongs to the three of you. You need to handle it together, or you’ll all be box office poison.”
They all stared at me as if I asked them to climb the Matterhorn naked. But then Jersey nodded.
“And what do you want us to do?” he said.
“I have an idea, and my team is working on it right now. But I want to spin last night as a publicity stunt gone wrong for a battle of the bands concert and your bands are the featured players.”
