C2 Chapter 2.

Lucy sat by her bed and gazed at a picture with hope in her eyes.

“We did it again” she murmured and placed the picture in its frame close to her mirror. It was evening, and she had to prepare for the press conference, which would take place in 2 hours time. She raised her fingers high and waved in the air. She was rehearsing how to address the audience.

“Do we really have to do this?” she groaned, clapping her hands, and three maids appeared.

“Get to work” she ordered while they came closer to dress her up.

Julie held a bunch of flowers and leaned on miss Lucy's door, waiting for her to come out. She got them from her outing earlier and believed it would be a blessing to her. She was counting the different colors when the door knob turned opened. Furthermore, she stood upright and quickly placed the flower at her front. Miss Lucy irked at them and sniffed annoyed. She glanced at Julie's face, which was sad and hopeful at the same time.

“It's my gifts to you” she snapped, and miss Lucy held her nose from sneezing.

“Child, you almost ruined my makeup with that” miss Lucy responded and Julie apologized with indifference.

“Susan take them from her” she gestured and as she tried walking pass Julie, she stopped and glanced at her again, it was like though Julie was expecting something with the way she stood mute with an innocent gaze. Miss Lucy gasped and pulled out some cash to give her, but Julie rejected and waved her goodbye.

“Such a strange girl…who doesn't want money in this era?” she muttered while Julie tottered towards her room.

“Thanks for the flowers dear, it's beautiful” Susan whispered and Julie faked a smile.

“I was expecting someone to say that” she replied loudly to the hearings of miss Lucy who smirked and walked away as usual.

“You can't make me late today, little witch” she mused as she walked hurriedly to her car.

“Good luck and may God see you through” Julie prayed as she ran to the balcony where she could see miss Lucy's car until it rode off. Julie sat on the floor and gazed at the stars, which were popping out of the sky slowly.

“Does a wish ever come true?” she questioned with fixed eyes on the sky.

“Well, if it's true then I want mine to be fulfilled”.

Miss Lucy was welcomed in as a guest with high prestige. Everyone loved her presence as she seemed to be mesmerizing the audience and press with her beauty. She sat gently on the podium close to some top directors and officials, she was going to be explaining how her life in the movie industry had been. Miss Lucy was called upon by the host to grace the occasion, and she honored the invitation. She gave a vivid explanation about how the journey began. How could she forget the tales of how she rose to stardom? Even though she lied to the public, she certainly knew she couldn't lie to herself.

There was a loud applaud for her among the crowd by her impressive speech.

“I see why most directors pick this one” someone whispered.

“She's good in her field though” another added.

“But shouldn't young stars be given a chance, Anita?” the third petitioned. He was an upcoming actor and had wished for a major role in the movie industry someday.

“You aren't good Alex… so stop trying to be” the former mocked.

“Well I heard you're searching for another job” the former furthered.

“Thank you so much!” miss Lucy appreciated the audience and took her leave.

“She's such a goddess” Alex commented with a shy smile.

“Stop crushing on your superior” Anita blasted with a low tone.

“Instead of wasting our time on such chat, let's go get her autograph” the former suggested. She was one of miss Lucy's biggest fan and always sees her as a role model. Most times, her friend's regards her as miss Lucy's secretary due to her dress code which was similar to hers.

“Yeah, that's true, let's hurry” Anita affirmed as the three stood up from behind to meet up with miss Lucy who was cat walking through the corridors of the hall as though searching for someone.

“Miss Lucy!” Alex yelled, running towards her and as she tried turning her gaze to him, she bumped into someone and the three beings behind her suddenly gasped with fear. She groaned and raised her head up to see who almost fell her down.

“Excuse me? Couldn't you see a lady coming through?…” she snapped, frowning?

“Pardon me…but you're at fault” he responded, glancing at his watch.

“Do you know who I am!” she roared, trying to see who she was speaking to clearly since he had a cap on.

“I don't care who you're… but am in the middle of something and if you would mind…”

“So rude! Oh my God! I could make your life miserable”. The being seemed pissed off. Why was this woman not letting him go, after all, he had already apologized. Alex and his friends watched the scene before then, he tried stopping Anita from recording it live,, but she told him it could trend.

“You just messed with the wrong person! Apologize again!” she beckoned, and the being swallowed hard. He glanced at his watch again and smirked at her.

“See you later” he replied, shoving her aside and running off to where he was heading to. She tried to say a word but realized Anita was videoing her, and she walked angrily towards her.

“Erase that now” she ordered and pulled out cash from her purse.

“Miss Lucy, we just wanted to…”

“Shut up, Alisha!” she retorts and flipped the money in her hand on Anita's chest who nodded with fright.

“Sometimes stop poke nosing around and work on your acting skills…” she paused and glared at them one after the other.

“Sincerely speaking… you guys are horrible.” she concluded.