Claire Havens offered to give Lola and Noah a tour around the gallery, which they accepted. After appreciating the first row of photo exhibitions, Lola suddenly recalled that she had left home in a hurry, without even touching her food. “Oh no!, Aria must be worried,” she muttered. She did not get the chance to inform her that she was going out with Noah, Lola had also dropped off her cell phone on the table as she thought that all she had to do was meet Noah downstairs for a while, then go back upstairs to her food and Aria. She looked up at Noah who stood beside her and frowned. He was observing a painting. Who knew the jerk would string her along on a date with no warnings ahead of time? Lola thought of using his phone to call Aria but decided that it would be better to ask him what time they would be leaving the gallery instead.The gallery was filled with lots of people in the high society who knew Noah Sanchez. Naturally, seeing him with a woman drew the attention of everyone pr
Lola found her way to the backstage of the hall. Her walk was slow and reluctant as she left the main auditorium. Though the number plate she held was very light to hold, it suddenly felt heavier than it was. The quietness at the backstage where the rest of the twenty-nine girls sat was a sharp contrast to the noisy hall she had just vacated. No one looked up to stare when she entered. Each girl was lost in her little world, probably revising their audition dance routine in their mind.Lola found the last seat at the far end of the hall empty and sat down on it.As she looked straight ahead, just a row away from hers, a familiar mass of pink hair turned back to wink at her and Lola’s distorted expression darkened even more.* * *Five days before the audition.Lola’s bedroom.“Calm down left legs. Alright...I will go straight to the point. So here’s the deal.. I know you’ve made it obvious that you are not interested in auditioning, probably cause you are scared of losing face and n
The elevator stopped and Chloe stepped off. She walked straight into the hallway as she reapplied her bright red lipstick. On her body was a long fully buttoned-up coat paired with high stilettos. Her pink hair was curled and left to flow freely down her shoulders. She returned the lipstick to her purse as two dance trainees walked past her and greeted her cheerfully, “Good day Senior Chloe.”“Good day.” She greeted back with a smile on her face. She was in a slightly good mood. Chloe reached the reception area of Director Miller’s office and his secretary’s face lit up on seeing her. “Good day, Miss Chloe.”“Good day, Lydia. Is Director Miller in yet?”“No, not yet. Your uncle would be here any minute from now. You can wait for him in the office.” Lydia responded with a smile. The uncle and niece pair were quite close to each other, so she let Chloe into the office to wait for him while she served coffee.* * *Brett Miller grinned as he heard that Chloe had been waiting for him in
“Are you good ?” Josh asked concerned.Lola smiled, “I’m good.” But even her smile bore a hint of sadness in it. It appeared to be forced.“No, you aren’t.” Josh retorted as he observed her.He had been watching Lola for days since he joined Fame Hall’s hip-hop team. Each time Lola danced, he watched. After the first two times, he had noticed something was wrong somewhere, especially when Lola danced so beautifully at the beginning of a routine and then woefully the next minute.He thought he had imagined, that a dancer would mess up her routine deliberately. He wasn’t so sure then but he was now. The girl in front of him was hiding something. It was almost like she didn’t want to be seen or she wanted to or she was stuck in between. Hell. He was also confused. “When was the last time you danced?” Josh asked. Lola was confused. Danced? “During the audition today?.”“Knock off the pretense Lola. When was the last time that you danced to your full potential, when was the last time yo
Lola pushed the door to the boardroom open and stepped in. Some seats were still unoccupied as the members of the disciplinary team were not yet complete, but the members present in the room looked up at her with displeasure written on their faces. Corey’s eyes met hers and he signaled for Lola to come sit next to him which she did. The wall clock struck 12:00 pm and three more members walked in to occupy the remaining seats leaving only one empty seat at the end of the table.All together in the room, apart from Lola and Corey, there were ten Disciplinary team members present.“Miss Lola Coker?.” Mr. Darwin, the head of the disciplinary team called out.“Here I am.” Lola’s calm voice said.“Good. As I have been briefed, yesterday morning during an audition, a drug fell out from your bag and you were found guilty of having marijuana in your possession. The police were invited and you were given a warning since it was your first offense. Is this true?.” Mr. Darwin asked.All eyes fell
The bar was dimly lit and only a handful of customers remained.A slow song played as the girl sitting at a table by a corner of the room stared at the empty glasses in front of her and pouted.The bartender walked over with another shot of martini. He placed it gently on the surface of the table with a shake of his head. He had to attend to a lot of customers in a condition such as hers every week. The lot of them were ladies and they all had the same thing in common, they were all trying to get drunk to get over something or someone and he wondered what it was with her. Lola picked up the drink and downed it all in one gulp while muttering words that made no sense at all.No, she was not tipsy, she was way past her drinking limit but still did not give a single care in the world. Director Miller’s annoying face popped up in her mind and Lola let out a chain of swears. “Yas.. he’s such a pervert. A bad bad man. I should report him.” She decided before picking up her phone and dialin
Aria pulled Lola by her hand and together, they moved closer to a group of girls who were conversing excitedly. Most of them were searching for something on their phones while two of the girls still had a video playing. “Found it!.” One of the girls exclaimed and two more girls rushed to her with their phones in hand.“Really? How did you find it?.”“Use #yourdancemuse. It’s all over the Internet.”“Gosh! Who is this girl? Felt goosebumps all over just from watching her dance.” “What agency is she with?.” another girl asked.Aria and Lola exchanged a look with each other, didn’t seem to be anything much.“Let’s go,” Lola said with a smile on her face only to freeze at the next words she heard from a girl in braces. “Why is she putting on a face mask? She should at least show off her face right?” the girl said.“What’s wrong?” Aria asked only to see Lola suddenly stop walking with a curious look on her face. “Can you help me check that out? The dance video?” Lola pleaded.. she had a
You could hear the gossip get louder in the practice rooms of F.H Entertainment.All activities had halted after the shocking news they heard that morning. Slowly, even the more coordinated workers lost their composures as the agency’s workers were seen discussing in many groups with no atom of fear for their superior left in them. Director Miller Brett had always posed as a righteous man who was faithful to his wife. This news had hit them hard.“Is that all they can do? Tell them to try harder if they do not wish to lose their jobs!.” Director Miller shouted frustratedly at Lydia. Already, the agency’s reputation had been tarnished as the PR team had been unable to bring down the news no matter the amount of money they offered to the media houses. It was almost like someone was playing Godfather behind the scenes.“They have tried all they could sir, our media sources are also unreachable at the moment,” Lydia complained making Director Miller even more furious. “Listen, I don’t