Soon, all the basketball stars arrived, and Kobe received text messages from Pierce, Hill, and Garnett among others.
Actually, everyone hoped that Kobe would be the representative to go on stage and express the players' stance.
Before coming, Kobe was quite ambitious, but after witnessing the scene, his morale was cut in half.
Still, he replied to Pierce and the others, called Garnett and Hill, and said he agreed to a strike as a last resort and was willing to speak on behalf of everyone.
He made the call in the restroom, and Vanessa knocked on the door and came in. She knew about Kobe's recent moves and said, "Kobe, think about us, mother and daughter, more before you do anything."
Ever since the Eagle County incident, their relationship had rapidly deteriorated, especially since the incident led to Vanessa's miscarriage, causing both psychological and physical harm that was hard to patch up.
