Spencer chuckled. “Are you sitting down? If you’re not sitting, take a seat and buckle up. You’re never going to believe this.”
She exchanged a look with Alexa and rolled her eyes. “Oh God, what has Sully done now?”
“Kit, this isn’t related to Sully, this is related to you. I got a phone call from Lew…” She sat back in her seat, feeling more relaxed now, until she heard the next name. Spencer continued. “… and Jonathan.”
She frowned. “Huh? You had a conference call with them?”
“Yep. Just concluded it. They called me at home and woke me up. They wanted to work a development deal for a new artist. Single with distribution.”
She took a moment to evaluate what Spencer had just said. “One single with distribution? That doesn’t make any sense. Who…”
He interjected. “The artist is Kit-Kat… you. They gave you a development deal. What the fuck is going on here? Do you have something you want to share with me? Like a demo of this so called single maybe?”
He let out a frustrated sigh. “I took the deal on your behalf because… your song got airplay on KIIS FM twenty minutes ago and now it’s the most requested song on the station. Lew slipped it to Rick Dees personally this morning. Your song went live during the morning rush hour. Z100 is next. Lew messengered your tape over to the station. It will drop during rush hour tonight. Official release date is pending. I’ll know more later. Is Alexa there? We gotta get you a publicist like yesterday and I’d prefer her suggestion rather than going with our normal connections. I’m going to assign a manager for you eventually. I’ll act as your interim for now.”
She stared straight ahead, the color draining from her face, speechless, as the receiver dropped from her hand and onto her lap.
CHAPTER 12
Seeing Kit’s reaction, Alexa jumped up and seized the receiver. “Spence?”
After being briefed on the latest developments, Alexa sprang into action. She struggled to reach her tote bag that contained a notepad and pen. Kit noticed and handed it to her.
She started jotting notes, continuing to ask questions, while Kit leaned forward, eavesdropping. Alexa did her best to capture everything on her notepad as quickly as possible. She looked at Kit and asked her next question. “I get the crossover thing, but her genre is pop, correct?”
Spencer answered without skipping a beat. “Who knows? Ask Kit. I have a feeling that’s what Lew was angling for. His positioning for pop would be on point with those radio stations and the producer he assigned to her. He was taking the rock genre from her history and using that as a crossover tool to get her into pop. I think he’s positioning her as a hybrid. It’s pretty genius.”
“Who was the producer she worked with again?”
“A-Dub” Spencer and Kit chanted in unison. Kit sat back guzzling a small bottle of sparkling water and stared out the window trying desperately to make heads or tails of what was happening. She had no idea what any of this meant for her future.
Spencer continued. “Lew is the executive producer on the song. He shares credit with A-Dub. We don’t have a release date yet of when it’ll be available for sale. Lex, have you heard the song?”
“Um-hmm. Like I told you, it’s brilliant!” She smiled at Kit and gave her a thumbs up.
He sighed. “Did you listen to the lyrics? We’ve got a potentially explosive situation on our hands. Are you not seeing the obvious tie in here? If Sully hears this song before she meets with him…”
Alexa frowned. “Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Do any radio stations in Philly have the song?”
“No. But we can’t prevent the song being picked up once Z100 airs it later tonight. It can reach Philly as soon as this evening. And it if lands as successfully as it did in L.A., it’ll be blowing up the east coast. You can get Z100 in Philly and Jersey, Lex. The signal is strong enough.”
She closed her eyes and silently cursed. “We’ll get it figured out, Spence. Please get your assistant, Annie, on the phone so I can move her into action. I’ll call Lila. We’ll divide and conquer.”
“Will do. Talk to you soon, Lex. Take care of Kit for me, ok? She’s dealing with a lot right now and I’m certain Lew broadsided her with this. I don’t know why or how or what the deal is, but he’s clearly demonstrating a point to her.”
Alexa sighed. “I dunno. We don’t have time to figure it out. I can put in a call if you want.”
Spencer was firm. “Don’t do it. I tried to pump Jonathan for information individually after our conference call. He had nothing. I suspect Lew will be tight lipped. He’s got a strategy. I just don’t know what it is yet. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more. Jonathan is supposed to call me later.”
“Ok. I’ll call you back soon.” She hung up the phone and looked at Kit who was still dazed and staring out the window. “Hun, how are you doing?”
She looked over at Alexa. “I have no idea what’s going on. Gimme the phone. I’m going to call Lew. I don’t get it. Why did he leak it?”
Alexa shook her head. “I have no idea. I’ll give you the phone as soon as I call Lila. Then you can have at it. We’re doing a little fire prevention.”
Kit waved her away. “Do what you need to do.”
Fifteen minutes later, Alexa returned and handed the phone to Kit. “We’re ok. Things are solid. Have at it.”
Kit searched her eyes. “Really? Or are you shitting
