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Photographer in the Park	By : NutsAboutHarry Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Joshua Bell Views: 1770 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not know Joshua Bell (Do you think I'd be writing fan fic about him if I did?) the following story is TOTAL FICTION the prouct of my extraordinarily overactive imagination. No profit of any kind is made from the writing and publishing of this story!

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Louisa and Josh’s relationship deteriorated badly over the next few weeks. Every day Josh took the Strad and left the house early often before the sun properly rose and didn’t return til well after dinner. They didn’t speak to each other except when Charlotte and BJ made return visits to Long Island to continue planning the upcoming court case and even then it was terse almost sarcastic conversation. Louisa gave up on trying to talk to Josh and spent the majority of her time sequestered in the master bedroom. She had given up on playing her violin and viola something that hadn’t escaped Mel’s notice.
‘I haven’t seen you bring your violin into work for weeks’ her friend said one day as they drove into New Jersey where they would be the officiating vets at that days trotting meet at the Meadowlands racetrack ‘or your viola are you still playing?’
‘No I haven’t picked up either instrument for weeks I haven’t had the motivation or inclination to’ Louisa said with a depressed sigh ‘and the way I’m feeling at the moment I don’t know if I ever will again’
‘How come?’ Mel asked in surprise ‘Jesus Louie you have a viola worth four million dollars and a violin worth more than my house both quality instruments they need to be played’
‘I know they do but Josh was my main motivation and inspiration to write and compose and with things going so badly between us I’m not sure music is where I want to go anymore’
‘Why?’ Mel exclaimed incredulously ‘Jeez Louie you’ve been pestered by the musical media ever since that episode of the Guinness World Records episode went to air and even I’ve heard rumours you’re going to be offered a recording contract as a direct result of that, I mean-‘
‘Excuse me who have you heard that from?’ Louisa interjected.
Mel went bright red.
‘You’ll hate me if I tell you’ she said pulling to a stop at a red light.
Louisa rolled her eyes.
‘I don’t hate anyone Mel’ she said dryly.
‘Ireaditontmz’ Mel mumbled.
‘Sorry?’
‘I read it on TMZ’ Mel mumbled only a little more clearly.
‘Oh Melanie Parkman come on!’ Louisa groaned ‘you believe the horse shit on that waste of cyberspace? And after what they did to me and Josh which is the main reason we haven’t talked to each other in over a month? If there was talk about me getting a recording contract Eddie would’ve told me’
‘I’m sorry I know I shouldn’t be reading the crap that’s on that website but I can’t really help it I’m on their mailing list’ Mel mumbled her face turning a deep shade of puce.
‘You can unsubscribe!’ Louisa snapped.
‘I know and I will I promise as soon as we get to the Meadowlands and are set up I’ll use my laptop and unsubscribe’ Mel said ‘I knew I shouldn’t have opened my trap. God Melanie open mouth just to change feet why not!’
Louisa couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter.
‘I’m sorry I shouldn’t have snapped at you’ she said apologetically as the lights turned green clearing their path ahead ‘I’m just a bit on edge ya know? Its hell at home I’ve been walking around on eggshells since this whole shit with Josh started. I don’t know what to say to him anymore and I never thought that would ever happen. Since that fucking picture appeared on TMZ my temper’s been a bit short I’m sorry’
‘That’s alright Louie we all empathise with you’ Mel said as they drove forward ‘we’re all with you on this what that bitch of a woman did to sell that picture to TMZ was foul. If it were me I’d find her out and belt the living horse shit out of her’
‘Yeah well there’s a small problem if I do that I break the restraining order and I land my arse in jail’ Louisa said dryly ‘trust me there’s nothing more I’d like to do than take a length of garden hose to Lisa but that wouldn’t help anything. I don’t have to do anything all of Josh’s sisters are baying for her blood too’
‘Are any of them coming up for the first hearing?’
‘Yeah TJ took some long service leave from her firm and is flying up tomorrow morning’ Louisa said ‘and Rachel is coming up with James her youngest on the weekend just to spend a couple of days. Terry can’t get away and Shirley is in the middle of a block of lectures she’s giving and can’t make it either’
‘I reckon it might help Josh having his family around him with all this crap happening’ Mel said ‘custody hearings are never sunshine and lollipops. My Mom did to my Dad what Lisa is doing to Josh and for the longest time my brothers and sisters and I hated my Dad til we grew up left home and found out all the time she was lying to us about him being a cheating thieving asshole’
‘Well fingers crossed Lisa isn’t doing that to Josef Sam or Ben or then I will take to her with a length of garden hose’ Louisa said forcefully ‘she doesn’t believe it I know she doesn’t but I love those kids as if they were my own I would kill for them I really would’
‘Maybe once Lisa realises this she’ll back off’ Mel suggested as they crossed over the state border and passed a huge ‘Welcome to New Jersey’ sign.
‘Maybe but I doubt it’ Louisa said with a sign resting an elbow on the edge of the car window ‘she’s had it in for me ever since Josh and I started dating. In fact the only time she’s been polite or civil to me was when I gave her that portfolio of photos of the boys and the time Josh told her he’d proposed. Every other time she’s used bitch, whore, tart, twit oh and she even used slattern once’
‘What the hell does slattern mean?’
‘It’s the Shakespearean way of saying slut’ Louisa said dryly ‘something your grandmother would’ve used when she was your age. Harlot comes from the same era’
‘Oh alright’ Mel said in interest ‘but seriously why do you think this woman has it in for you so much?’
‘Honestly I think she’s jealous of what Josh and I have, or did have’ Louisa added ‘she’s known Josh for twenty five years and I think always wanted to marry him and settle down and when she thought she it was never going to happen she fond another bloke and dumped Josh then when he met me and a year later proposed that sent her into a jealous rage and all the hatred she’s shown to me is because she’s jealous. I think she wants to get back with Josh which I think is stupidly wishful thinking even given the fact of how bad things are between Josh and I at the moment’
‘I think anyone would think that’ Mel said dryly ‘I certainly do, not that my opinion is worth much, but you would think after thirteen months you and Josh have been together she would’ve given up on the vitriol wouldn’t you?’
‘Yeah you would think so’ Louisa said ‘but I don’t care what she does to me and thinks of me I care what she thinks of and does to Josh. I’ve seen Josh slip into a slow depression over these past few weeks not seeing his boys is killing him and I hate Lisa for doing that to him. She knows how much the boys mean to Josh and she wants to hurt him because he didn’t choose her’
‘Why is she concerned about Josh now?’ Mel asked ‘hasn’t she hooked up with someone?’
‘Yeah some guy she works with at the New Jersey Symphony’ Louisa said ‘according to Josh she started schtooping him the minute Josh went on his last major tour’
‘Now see that I find repugnant’ Mel said with a scowl ‘adultery on any scale sucks’
‘Preaching to the converted here’ Louisa said with yet another sigh ‘Oh well we’ll wait and see what happens. Two days time and the nitty gritty begins’
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The following morning Louisa drove to La Guardia to pick up TJ Josh’s eldest sister. She arrived at quarter to ten and only had to wait ten minutes before TJ disembarked her flight her black leather laptop back slung over her shoulder. The older woman waved and strode over embracing Louisa tightly.
‘Hey honey how’s things?’ she asked kindly.
Yet another lump formed in Louisa’s throat.
‘Oh they’ve been better’ she said ‘Josh still isn’t talking to me’
TJ rolled her eyes.
‘I think I’m going to have to have a little chat to him’ she said in exasperation ‘now he’s being an ass’
‘Please TJ don’t I don’t want things to get any worse’ Louisa said as they started to make their way toward the luggage carousels ‘I want J to come to me on his own’
‘Louie it’s been five weeks’ TJ said ‘I know Josh if no one says anything to him now he’s not going to say anything at all. He’s a typical damn Sagittarius he holds things in when he’s hurt and let’s things stew if you two don’t talk the damage that has been done on both parts can’t be repaired. Mom wants to come up here and literally clip him around the ear’
Louisa couldn’t help but laugh.
‘I’m not entirely sure that will help anymore than you blasting him’ she said ‘what does Rachel want to do? Kick him in the goolies?’
TJ laughed.
‘Nah not quite but she’s a bit pissed with him’ she said ‘and out of the four of us Rach and Josh are the closest. If nothing has been said between you two before she comes up for the weekend I think she might actually hit him’
‘Oh god please dissuade her from doing that’ Louisa said ‘then Josh will think I asked her to do it then he’ll get mad at me for yet another reason’
‘You don’t know he’s mad at you’ TJ said ‘just because he’s not talking to you doesn’t mean he’s mad’
‘Why else would he not talk to me TJ?’ Louisa moaned.
‘He’s probably mad at himself he tends to withdraw into himself when he’s mad with himself if past experience is anything to go by’ TJ said as they arrived in the luggage collection bay ‘if he’s having a big internal battle with himself he tends to sequester himself away where he san stew or wallow in self pity. Then it takes a hell of an effort for him to come out of it. Usually he takes a violin out and plays some long complicated piece that forces him to think about something else than whatever’s consuming him’
‘I haven’t heard him take out the Strad for weeks’ Louisa said ‘probably for about three weeks. He’s usually gone first thing in the morning and comes back late at night. I don’t know where he’s going. Though I suspect the loft’
‘My baby brother can be a real butt head sometimes’ TJ said dryly rolling her eyes as the carousel began moving ‘I want to hug him because clearly he’s hurting but I also want to smack him upsides the head because he’s not talking to you and hurting you god it’s frustrating!’
‘Yeah well welcome to the club’ Louisa said dryly as bags began rumbling by ‘I’ve never been with anyone as frustrating as Josh. I love him like I’ve never loved anyone before but sometimes I just want to strangle him. Charlotte reckons it’s part of the territory when you’re with someone in the creative arts industry she wants to strangle her Josh sometimes too’
TJ laughed.
‘She’s right’ she said ‘growing up with an arty creative person is a pain in the butt too. But we all love Josh dearly he’s a good guy just more stubborn than a herd of donkeys’
Louisa couldn’t help but laugh.
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Several hours later in the early evening Charlotte and BJ arrived from Los Angeles and everyone sat down around the dining table with some take away Indian food and went over the strategy for the following day’s court hearing.
‘Okay first point of order’ BJ said ‘image is everything in custody cases so do not turn up at court dressed like a Bronx hobo. Josh wear your best suit....’
‘I need to wear my concert tux?’ Josh asked with a raised eyebrow.
‘No not your concert tux the suit you wear other times’ BJ said ‘like when you attend functions and charity benefits and the like. Wear your best shirt your best tie a solid colour no Mickey Mouse images or busty women or any other similarly themed decoration. And I even want you to polish your shoes. You have to make an effort’
‘Got it’
‘Louie the same goes for you’ BJ said ‘you need to dress smartly and demurely. Wear a dress or a skirt below the knees and don’t show any cleavage. Take out any visible piercings and cover up your tattoos with make up’
Charlotte reached into her briefcase and pulled out a bottle of ‘All purpose magic temporary tattoo removal cream’ she then pushed it across the table toward Louisa.
‘I know you already have something similar but I got this through a make up artist friend of Josh’s’ she said ‘it’s the best on the market apparently and the only thing that will take it off is exfoliant. Use this and it’ll last ages’
‘Thanks’
‘And wear your hair in a simple non complicated style’ BJ went on ‘if you wear it down keep it out of your face with a plain coloured simple headband and if you wear it up don’t use any elaborate ostentatious clips, barrettes or elastics. If in doubt black is always good’
‘God BJ we’re not going to a funeral’ Louisa said.
‘May as well be’ Josh said snidely.
‘Joshua shut up’ TJ said shortly ‘now is not the time to pick fights. Unless you have anything constructive to contribute to the discussion shut your trap’
Josh’s eyebrows shot up in surprise but he kept silent.
‘I know we’re not going to a funeral Louie but BJ is right image is everything’ Charlotte said diplomatically ‘dress in a feminine way don’t dress like a tart some judges pay attention to that sort of thing. We’d be telling you this for what ever reason we’re going to court for. If this were a homicide case we’d tell you the same. I’ll be calling you up to the stand and you need to look good’
‘Alright then I can manage that’ Louisa said feeling Josh’s steely gaze on her ‘whatever helps’
‘Good okay now onto the actual proceedings.....'
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After the strategy meeting was over Josh disappeared leaving the women behind.
‘See TJ?’ she said as the sound of Josh shutting his bedroom door filtered downstairs ‘that’s what he’s been doing every single bloody night since all this bullshit has started. How am I supposed to try and talk to him when he pulls that crap? He even ignores me when I go and knock on his door. Well when I tried he did anyway’
‘I’m going to talk to him’ TJ said ‘don’t worry I’m not going to blast him not unless he gives me reason to’
‘Please be kind to him TJ he’s delicate’ Louisa said ‘please?’
‘Don’t worry honey I won’t jump in’
TJ disappeared upstairs and Louisa flopped back down in her seat with a sigh hot tears pricking at her eyes.
‘I don’t know how much longer I can stand this’ she said her voice cracking ‘right now my heart is saying stay and support J but my head is saying pack up a bag and fly home til all this horse shit is over’
‘Don’t worry Louie Char and I are busting our balls to fix this’ BJ assured her as she closed her laptop ‘we’re not going to finish it all tomorrow but I’ll personally guarantee you this crap will be fixed within a month we’ll chew up and spit out Lisa like a mouthful of tobacco. This is the flimsiest case of child custody I’ve come across since I graduated from Harvard’
‘Can much happen in an initial hearing?’ Louisa asked scrubbing at her eyes.
‘Well each case is different but in this one I’m going to aim to get the restraining order rescinded so Josh can immediately get access to his kids. If that doesn’t work I’m going to try and convince the judge to order immediate mediation so a plan can be worked out so Josh can see the boys’
‘No judge is going to let the restraining order stand after the case we present’ Charlotte said confidently ‘we know Lisa sold that picture to TMZ and if I can get her to admit that under oath that’ll sew our case up. If she admits she sold what is stolen property to an outside source we have her. That alone will disintegrate her case’
‘I have all the confidence in the world in you Char and I hope you can mow down any argument by Lisa’s attorney but I can’t help but feel negative’ Louisa said with a sigh.
‘Don’t worry hon just dress like a woman not to be messed with hold your chin up high and follow the advice and procedure BJ and I went over with you tonight and you’ll be fine’ Charlotte said ‘we’ve got this’
‘Thanks Charlie you’re brilliant’
‘Anytime’
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