𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥

~~ 27. ~~

"Tell me about it." She said, jokingly. Although, deep down she wants to know more about it. About something that he loves other than his family and business. They had to be something about him to make her believe he wasn't a robot.

       She had been with him for more than two weeks but they are only a few things she can say about him. She was sure that they are thousands of things he can say about her when he began to list things about her. She knows from experience that quiet people are very very observant. And Demilade is a quiet person. And not just that, he also pretends not to see or know things. He even pretends not to care. But he actually does.

          She is aware of the kind of person that she is - that she is very extroverted. And she knows Demilade knows thousands of things about her already just from observing.

"I love to listen to music." He surprised her when he said that. He paused for a while. Lola turned to look at him. He was facing ahead as he drives with no expression on him. She still wonders how he manages to keep emotions away from his face.  She thought that was all he wanted to say but he continued.

"It gives the inspiration I need. Music speaks volumes. It talks about things that most people can't express to others. It was like another sanctuary to me when I was a kid. Micheal Jackson songs especially. "

         Lola nodded her head and a small smile formed on her lips.

"So you are big fans of the late singer."

"A very big fan. I didn't eat for two days when his death was announced on 2009 June 25. It's like I lost a father figure. I have not met Micheal in real life but his song teaches me a lot. His life teaches me a lot. There were many sides of him many people don't know about. There is literally nothing I don't know about him and I know the lies the media posted to ruin his image. Micheal was a great singer, a talented one with a great life. There was a man with a very big heart behind the surgery. And that is what people fail s to see. There only see the rich singer painted as a molester, who did surgeries and had a lot of record-breaking albums. They fail to see the man behind all those things. And they didn't want to see it. His music isn't the only thing that inspires me, but the man himself." He chuckled and smiled. "I'm boring you with my talk about MJJ, right?" He turned to face Lola as he asked. She was peering at him.

    She shakes her head.

"Honestly, you are not. I don't know all those things about him. Just like you said, everyone only knows him to be a great singer, who did a lot of facial surgery and was accused of child molestation. And that is what I heard and believed too. Until you said it. They could be someone behind all that."

"There is definitely someone behind it. People believe what they want to believe and no matter how good you are, they are people who will hate you for being good and some for no good reason. No one remembers the songs he gave, the charities, or the man who tried to build a legacy but they are quick to believe the bad things about him forgetting all the good sides and good things. He isn't the only one suffering from that kind of fate. A lot of others are suffering from that too. They talk about your bad side and they forget the good side of you. They mostly believe the lie. Just like Justin Bieber."

"Justin Bieber?" Lola asked with the corner of her brows raised quizzically.

         Demilade threw her a glance and turned back to the road.

"Yes, Justin Bieber. I listen to other musicians and he is one of them. When the news was talking about his childhood bullying attitude and his arrests, I always had this feeling that it was just a facade. He wanted the attention. He wants people to know and try to understand him. There was something behind all those childish characters. And when he sang Lonely, it literally confirm my thought."