(Lydia)It had been another testing morning and afternoon. I had given my first sets of interviews and most of them went smoothly. I got asked to talk about movies and my inspirations in acting and I was to follow through with well thought out answers.I did my homework on the interviewers as well and realized they asked a familiar set of questions with most actors they interviewed. I’m not going to lie, doing so helped me a lot even though I had to lose a few hours of sleep at night.The busy schedule had kept me thinking about anything or thinking much at all. I preferred it that way because sooner rather than later, my thoughts would make me spiral.I was noticing every single person and how they acted around me then comparing it to Nathan. There wasn’t much of a difference though, but what bugged me was that everyone else treated me uniformly, while with Nathan it felt like we were buddies one moment and then almost strangers the next.This up and down was making me feel confused
(Lydia)The ice cream tastes flavorless in my mouth. Now that I was here anyway, there was no point in trying to get out of it. The photographers had probably gotten a great shot of Nathan kissing my forehead and were well on their way now to publish whatever drivel they wanted to.I looked across from me at Nathan suspiciously.“Did you plan this?” I asked him outright. I wasn’t scared of him because I had faced a lot worse than the likes of Nathan who merely wanted attention.He looked back at me in shock. “No, how could you even say that?”“Well,” I drawled, sitting back, “You’re not exactly sad that your girlfriend did not make it here. I did instead.”Nathan scoffed, “What girlfriend?”I was taken aback. “The one at your arm for the past like three days?” I said, looking at him like he had lost his mind.“Clara is not my girlfriend,” he stated seriously, “She was just a last-minute addition.”Last minute addition? Who talked about anyone like that?Clara might be a lot but she wa
(Thomas)If someone told me I would once again be nervous about going to school again I would laugh in their faces but as I stood in front of the mirror, ready to take Mabel and Miles to their preschool, I couldn’t help but feel nervous.Today was parent’s day and I was about to accompany my kids to their school, something I wouldn’t have thought possible a year ago.I wanted to scream and shout from happiness that I felt flowing inside of me.I remembered Lydia’s expression when I told her last night how the kids had asked me to come to their school. At first, I was hesitant because I didn’t want her to feel left out, but I really wanted to share my happiness with someone, so I shared the news.***Lydia was telling me about something funny that occurred during one of her interviews. I could still see that she was bothered by something but as she said, she would tell me when the time was right and I trusted her wholeheartedly.When she fell silent, I took this as my chance.“Hey, Lyd
(Jack)Once again, I was standing in front of Ruby’s house.There was no car in the driveway and I knew if I went up to knock on the door, Ruby would not answer.She had been ignoring my calls, messages and voicemails for two days now.I was spiraling. I had gone out with Amanda and her friends to a club and got smashed pretty much as soon as we got there. I don’t even remember the rest of the night.My phone started ringing. It was Adrian, my assistant.I picked it up and said, “It’s my lunch break, Adrian.”Adrian cleared his throat, “Yes, sir, and that is very well, but the meeting of the board of directors just got rescheduled and it’s by 3 pm today. The topic of discussion is the upcoming golden jubilee of the company.”“Ah,” I whispered. It had completely slipped my mind. Since Thomas was busy these days, it had become my responsibility to handle all the celebrations for the company celebrating its 50th year.This company was started by our grandfather and it reached its peak wh
(Lydia)It was the last day of promotions in New York before I would be going back home for the weekend. I was so glad that I had made the decision to return.It’s not like I was missing anything. It would just be a couple of red carpets and those were not the priority in my life. Josh moaned about the fact that he would have loved to style me for a few red carpets, but I confidently told him that he would have the chance to do that later.I was sitting in the lobby of the hotel when I saw a flash of blonde in my peripheral vision. The figure that had caught my attention was covered from head to toe, even wearing gloves, a hat, and a pair of dark glasses.But I knew the gait. It was a model’s gate and there was only a model with that height and hair that I knew about. I checked my watch to see that there was still time before I had to leave, so I got up from my chair and tried to follow the figure as conspicuously as possible.Clara did not take the elevators, instead she entered the
(Margaret)Charlotte and I had been friends for a long time.We met up in university and met our husbands who were also best friends.The two of our families were very close growing up and once upon a time, we had dreamt about how our children would get married and we would go from friends to finally being one family.I cannot believe that our thoughts almost became reality when Jack started to date her daughter, Amanda.I was over the moon at that time but I never let it show because I knew how much it meant that my sons made their own decision because soon they would have to take over their father’s company.Tragedy had struck though, making the two of them separate, so when I saw that Amanda was back in town, I did not waste the opportunity to meet her.If there was anyone who could change Jack’s mind, it was his first love because no matter what, boys always remember their first love.It was a plus that Amanda was a lovely girl full of drive and came from a family of good standing
(Adeline)I was back at the place where it felt like a dark cloud was always present.There were days where the ward got happy news as well, like when someone is cancer-free after months of fighting. They get to ring a bell signifying the end of their treatment.I always wonder if I would be one of those people who get to walk out of the doors to the oncology ward with happiness and relief filling their chest.When Dr. Roberts told me he would be increasing my dosage, I didn’t know that this change would affect me so much, but it did. I didn’t tell this to Lydia or Ruby but the simple fact of climbing the stairs to get to my room feels like a chore.I know that if I told them, one of the rooms on the ground floor would be emptied for me, but that’s what I didn’t want.If I lived on the ground floor, I would never have the chance to go up the stairs again and I always wanted to push myself, to make sure that I am always up and running.This seems to be awfully hard recently though. I d
(Lydia)I did not sleep well last night. I kept waking up over and over, feeling like someone was lurking around. I don’t know why I was feeling that way but after seeing Clara, I was scared to even face Nathan let alone talk with him during interviews.Fortunately, the last ones I did were solo interviews that went well enough. I was also glad that I would be returning for the weekend.I couldn’t help but be excited about spending time with twins before I had to leave them again.I missed them terribly.Apart from that, I would also get the time to contemplate what to do about Clara’s situation. My eyes had seen proof that she was struggling and I could not look away from that.I had not expected Nathan to be abusive when I had met him first. However, this just eluded the fact that you can never really know someone just because you spend ample amounts of time with them.We will be in L.A. next week and I would have to acknowledge Nathan. There were more interviews lined up for the tw