Trent resisted the urge to pound his head into the wall, knowing it would only make the headache worse. What the hell had he been thinking inviting these people into his house? Worse, he'd invited them to stay a while. Clearly he was out of his fucking mind.
It was just... Stacie'd looked shattered when her parents just left her there after the press conference. They'd literally forgotten her in the midst of their mutual bitchfest over endorsement deals movie rights and who'd get the profits from their daughter's ordeal. Even without his righteous indignation at the parental bullshit, Trent couldn't just take off without knowing she had somewhere to go.
And it wasn't like Maria or Alex were going to let him take the teen on her own - not with what they knew of his history with women. Though seriously the girl was barely 17. Did they really think he was a fucking pedophile?
Of course, where the women went, Jesse was determined to go, too, as if they were his personal responsibility or some shit.
He was pretty sure Paulson had just wanted to split, but by the time Trent and crew were ready to leave, Lily'd been clinging to Stacie's hand. Her daddy clearly was not ready to make her let go, either.
In the end, it was just easier to invite the whole damned group over to get out of the public eye for the rest of the day. And then the night after the youngest pair fell asleep on the couch. And the next day when the suits phoned Paulson to try to take Lily into "protective custody."
And so on and so forth until all 6 of them had taken up residence in Trent's various spare rooms for one reason or another.
He just didn't have the heart to kick them all out. Didn't mean he wasn't fucking aggravated about it.
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Date: 2011-10-27 09:16 pm (UTC)It was just... Stacie'd looked shattered when her parents just left her there after the press conference. They'd literally forgotten her in the midst of their mutual bitchfest over endorsement deals movie rights and who'd get the profits from their daughter's ordeal. Even without his righteous indignation at the parental bullshit, Trent couldn't just take off without knowing she had somewhere to go.
And it wasn't like Maria or Alex were going to let him take the teen on her own - not with what they knew of his history with women. Though seriously the girl was barely 17. Did they really think he was a fucking pedophile?
Of course, where the women went, Jesse was determined to go, too, as if they were his personal responsibility or some shit.
He was pretty sure Paulson had just wanted to split, but by the time Trent and crew were ready to leave, Lily'd been clinging to Stacie's hand. Her daddy clearly was not ready to make her let go, either.
In the end, it was just easier to invite the whole damned group over to get out of the public eye for the rest of the day. And then the night after the youngest pair fell asleep on the couch. And the next day when the suits phoned Paulson to try to take Lily into "protective custody."
And so on and so forth until all 6 of them had taken up residence in Trent's various spare rooms for one reason or another.
He just didn't have the heart to kick them all out. Didn't mean he wasn't fucking aggravated about it.