"So It's A Question Of How Much ?"

"So it's not the principle, it's just a question of how much ?" teased Avalon when she saw the look on Debbi's face. "No, it's not like that at all. There's no way I could do that" Debbi protested. "Methinks the lady doth protest too much" laughed Saffron. "No, I'm serious" said Debbi. "I'm a serious business woman !"

"Bullshit !" exclaimed Jody. "I spent a lot of time chatting up Jerome and explaining your potential and attributes and he saw you as Miz No-E in Dolla's movie and even after that he's still interested. The least you can do is hear him out and see what he has to say." "Stop it, no, not a chance" insisted Debbi.

So it was that later that morning, Debbi got out of the limo that had been sent to collect her and took in the spectacular view from the impressive hilltop villa. A tall black man in stylish but casual clothes stepped out to greet her. Debbi could see the familial resemblance to DollaXL but Jerome was somehow more at ease in his persona. Notably more mature and less hyper than the temperamental rapper. "Welcome, thank you so much for coming" he said, kissing her hand. "I'm assuming you'd rather I called you Debbi and not No-E ?" he asked her. "Yes, Debbi's fine, though there is no 'E' at the end" she explained.

"No problem. We'll be promoting you as Miz No-E anyway while there's this buzz around that brand." Jerome assumed that it was a done deal. "But I really don't think I can do anything like this" Debbi protested. "I only came to pacify Jody." Jerome wasn't phased. "Well, at least let me explain exactly what's involved and more importantly what's on offer. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the care we take and how high our production values are. Come on through and meet my associates."