“Now, why don’t I believe that crap that you’ve just said… Michael… I’m not sure if you remember… but the last time that you lied to me… well… do you really want me to remind you? Now… I’ll ask you again nicely and calmly…Why were you at the Rehab clinic because you and I know that Carmen hates you…” Shane said coolly.  

Shane could see the sweat on his forehead as he cleared his throat and fixed his tie knot. The guy is a complete coward. “Uhm… I offered her a contract, Victoria Secret wants her back… the other agents didn’t want to deal with her because… well, you know cause’ of her little addiction… so I decided to give it a shot…”

“Did she take it?”

“Surprisingly she did… it’s a three year contract with Victoria Secret, she will be one of the angels again… Shane, I’m going to make your wife or… your ex – wife maybe… I’m going to make her the biggest hottest model the world has ever seen… she’ll be bigger than what she already is… in four months I’ll bet you she’ll be on every single fashion runway around the globe…”

“… Michael… is this your way of begging for her forgiveness…”

“Well I don’t know about that… Shane, I build her career…

“… and you fuckin destroyed it… you… you were the cause of her addictions… you’ve put her through hell and now you’re doing it all over again!…”

“Shane… I never thought in my whole entire life… that she would become a serial addict…for that I am truly sorry…but you know this business; you know what goes behind all the glitz and glamour…at that time, I couldn’t take care of her 24/7… what goes behind the curtains are not pretty sight Shane and you know that…”

“… You know how fragile she is… she’ll get right into it once she starts modeling again…”

“… Look, she could’ve said no Shane…  I didn’t beg her for this okay… but we both know she’s got the face Shane… the girl is a fucking star… I’ll take good care of her this time…”

“… I’ll give you one more chance, Michael… don’t think for a second I’ve forgave you and like you because I haven’t and I don’t… I’m giving you this chance because I want the best for Carmen… and I know the best for her is doing what she loves…”  

Shane said to Michael, she left the conversation leaving the guilty faced Michael. Shane starts to walk around the place to look for Alice and lily.

Alice watched Lily and Helena talking comfortably at each other, awed by their cool accent. Alice looked around the place and Shane in a really deep and serious conversation with some guy. Alice wondered what they were talking about because it didn’t look like they’re having a pleasant conversation.

“Hey Helena… do you know that guy Shane’s talking to?” Alice asked Helena, who looked at Alice’s finger direction.

“Oh, Uhm… that is Michael Forester… a big agent from Ford Model Agency…” Helena said non-chalantly.

“Oh… uhm, do you know why Shane looks like she’s about to punch him any second now….”

“Oh bollocks… not again…” Helena said looking through the crowds to see where Shane is. She couldn’t figure what Shane was talking about but then saw her parting away from the conversation.

“Oh thank god… jeez you scared me Alice…” Helena said.

“What… she did look like she’s about to punch him… and what do you mean again??… She’s punched him before??”

“Uhh yeah… a black eye and a shattered nose actually… poor chap, I heard it took three plastic surgery to fix his nose…” Helena said as she looked at Shane who was getting close.  

“Shane did that?!?” Alice said in shocked.

“Oh yeah… you don’t want to see her crazy…” Helena quipped in.

TBC… whaddaya think guys??