Jude readjusted the black short faux fur coat that she wore draped over her shoulders and made her way into the huge skyscraper that Monty now called his headquarters.
Seems like a lot has changed for him as well, this is certainly nothing like his Ex-Wife's basement, Jude thought as she made her way through the glass double doors and into the lobby where a very Mad Man-esque red head sat taking phone calls and typing frantically into a computer in front of her almost on a perfect loop except for the pauses she'd take sporadically to sip at her coffee or sneakily text on her cellphone.
Jude smiled as she approached the woman, and requested to see Monty.
"Jude Saintclaire, right? Welcome back to Green Records! My Daughters love you, I mean I don't really get it myself but, hey to each their own, right? Anyways, Monty's office will be on the 17th floor of the building, just head over to the elevator right in that direction." She said as she pointed her perfectly manicured nail past Jude and towards the elevator that pinged loudly as a flock of business big wigs exited with the briefcases and espresso shots in hand.
"Uhh okay, thank you!" Jude said with an awkward smile fading onto her face from the seemingly backhanded comment from the secretary and began walking off to the elevator.
"Sweetie, wait a second! Mind if I take a picture?" The lady called loudly across the expanse of the room, not really seeming to mind that she may have just woken up the whole population of China with her booming holler.
"No of course not." Jude said as she walked back over to the woman and took a few posed selfies before she finally got on the elevator and took the elevator up into the nosebleeds of the building, the seventeenth floor. Stepping out of the elevator and onto the floor Judith assed the place with wide eyes, it seemed the whole seventeenth floor belonged to Monty just to be used as his office space, and it was absolutely immaculate. Jude took a deep breath before crossing into the threshold of the waiting area to have a seat and discuss what business Monty wanted her here for after 5 years of the band being disbanded. She was just hoping desperately that it wasn't a law suit or some type of loophole her lawyers had missed about her rights to her music or ability to produce her own music as a solo artist. But the thoughts fell to ashes and Jude stopped dead in her tracks before turning the corner hearing a familiar sound wave flow through her ears followed by two more unforgettable voices...
Is that who I think it is...? Did he call us all here...? A stream of questions ran through Jude's head as she considered her options here. She wanted nothing more than to turn back and avoid the drama and unfavorable company, but she knew that that was childish. Teenage Jude would've greatly favored the idea as well and probably would've been calling the elevator at this very moment. You can do this girl, stand your ground and just breathe. It's been five years the tension can't still be that high. Jude convinced herself as she took a deep breath and crossed the threshold.
Crossing into the room Judith tried to sit in the list awkward position possible, so she appraised a seat between the boys that didn't exactly put her right next to them. Despite her strategic planning it was still awkward so she chose to stand instead to the right of Addy. And the room was extremely tense there was no denying it, but it seemed like Addy with her exciting and sarcastic personality was trying to start a conversation between everyone. Maybe she could say something to lessen her nerves?
"Dylan. Augustus. Adeline. Nice to see you again." She said with a curt nod towards them all as she looked in their directions. She mentally face palmed herself for the greeting. Oh my God, that couldn't have sounded any stupider, they could see through that from a mile away!... Where the hell is Monty?? Someone please get me out of here, now would be a GREAT time for my manager to call and nag me about picking up more tour dates or something.