“Doesn’t matter what’s inside of it. It can wait.” Honestly, I don’t care what it is because it’s not what I want. It’s not Cameron. He is off being a rock star again and I’m back where I started. My father is gone, finally out of my life but of course not forgotten. He still haunts me and Cameron is off showing the world how talented he is.
“I think you’ll want to open this,” she states, handing it back to me and leaving me alone in my room. I go to put the envelope back down but something makes me change my mind. Opening it, I pull out a magazine and I see a note on the front of it.
“You should read this. If you don’t you’re fucking stupid. P.S. I miss you.” There is another sticky note holding a page and I flip to it. My heart sinks as I look down and tears begin to drop onto the pages below. There before me is Cameron. It’s an interview he did for this month’s edition.
Reading through it, I feel like I’m there with him.
This week I got to sit down with none other than lead man, Cameron McAlister from Ten Ways Gone, who are currently on tour. They are also in the studio producing their new album that will be released in the fall. Cameron wanted to get down to business right away, jumping in to talk about all the media coverage issues and his image.
This past year he has been attending school at the University of Pennsylvania. Even though the rocker tried to deal with his image issue there were still some speed bumps. He was at the time dating Fate McKenzie, whom he’d met while enrolled at the university. They kept their relationship quiet for privacy reasons, but unfortunately when he was arrested for assaulting her father, news broke of his new relationship resulting in pictures of them being leaked. The charges where eventually dropped but the media frenzy did not stop as rumors came up that her father was a registered sex offender.
Sources close to the couple say the father had served time. Miss McKenzie hadn’t been involved in her father’s life since she was a young child but the rumors of him abusing her were brought into speculation, although nothing has been confirmed. When asking Cameron about Fate’s relationship with her father, all he would tell us was that it was her story to tell and that they were not close.
He spoke about his issues with anger that had contributed to the altercation between his then girlfriend’s father and himself, stating that he regrets his actions but not the passion behind them. He continued to say that Fate was a key player in him being able to get a handle on his anger.
He talked in depth about the incident with Trisha Hanley, who would not comment when we reached out to her. Cameron stated that the picture that was leaked to the media was set up by Trisha herself to cause issues with his relationship with Fate. He went further to say that Trisha has no place in his life. We asked if he indeed kissed her and his response was one we weren’t expecting. Cameron stated he pushed her away as soon as the photo was taken. He let this happen to protect Fate, who was struggling with being hounded relentlessly by the media covering his relationship. His hope was that if they had something else to talk about they might leave them alone. However, he disclosed to us that this was in fact the reason behind their final argument. He set the record straight, and when asked why he thought Fate would be okay with this, he continued to call himself a variety of expletives. He is still our bad boy at some level, but I can tell you after my interview there is no doubt that he loves Fate McKenzie.
Our question is, has their fate already been sealed or can they make this work? When asked about the possibility of getting back together, Cameron went on to say that he was not the one behind the break-up, if you could call it that. To him, this is very much still real and he understood her reasons, but in his mind, they were still very much the real deal. During this interview, I noticed that he was holding a heart pendant in his hand. When asked about the pendant he stated it was special to him. He went further to say that you may be able to get rid of physical things but those words are still etched in your soul. This interviewer asked him to clarify and he said sometimes it’s not about having to choose. He continued to say that he holds no hard feelings toward her and only wishes her happiness.
At the end of the article, there is a tiny heart. Looking at it, I see Cecilia has written something. ‘Looks like I’m not the only one who misses you.’ This only furthers my torment because I know I’m still the problem between us and I haven’t dealt with that yet. Then I think of something crazy but it’s the only chance I have.
“Clarissa,” I call out, and she comes running to the door. “There is something I have to do.”