In a top-notch office that was currently overwhelmed with fear and anxiety, Lara sage was handed a sanction letter.
" I'm sorry, this is beyond me the board members decided to kill the scandal this way," The manager of starlight modeling agency stated.
This was what Lara feared the most a scandal was all it took to bring down a model like her. Who was she, a B-list model who earned little for the company? Although she had worked hard to reach this point she didn't expect her agency to dispose her, like she was nothing to start with. multiple awards, and contracts were tagged to her name, she even covered most A-list models when they were not available. At the age of twenty-three no B- list model was as accomplished as she.
Lara took up the letter and silently left the office. She was done. This was the end of her career and there was no one to save her. everything she had worked for went down the drain without much effort.
She looked towards the empty secretary desk and a rush of hatred filled her heart. If she was not too trusting she won't have been in this condition in the first place. But she was too naïve to believe that her closest friend could not harm a hair on her head. She was foolish. lost in thoughts, she walked down to the elevator only to meet her worst enemy at the moment.
"Lara...". A slender young woman who was her age stepped out of the elevator.
Lara looks at her with rage visible in her eyes.
"I never thought this would happen. I..." Melinda stuttered as she moved backwards acting like the victim.
" You liar", Lara yelled at Melinda her supposed best friend who flinched away from her. She had never seen Lara so angry, after a fleeting minute, Lara's eyes turned calm but filled with anxiety. She held Melinda by her shoulders and searched for a little bit of hope in her eyes.
" Did you ever love me as a friend? I just need your honest answer", Lara took a step closer to her bestfriend who seemed unchanging from her sins. Melinda looked down in defeat with a half cynical smile.
"No", She answered and that was all Lara needed to hear. Just then, the elevator doors to open and Melinda took the liberty to admit her jealousy.
"You were too good", She said turning to face Lara.
"Everything was damn too easy for you. You got the looks, the cheers, fame, and riches, and all I did was sit and listen to you describe the fantasy I have always wished to live in. I sat on that damn table and did all the work and all you did was stand and take photos. That was hell",
She sprouted out her words with bitterness in her voice. Lara turned to look at her once she stepped into the elevator.
" Too bad I was too self-inclined to realize your jealousy. You acted fine to me", Lara muttered with a half-smile.
" And since I never noticed you I doubt that the world you wish for will notice you. You will always be a shadow. A shadow that will always be forgotten and disposed of as trash after use. You are insignificant", Lara said before the elevator doors closed. Melinda's face turned black with bitterness making she throw her purse at the already closed elevator doors. She hated the fact that Lara was mocking her even after her down fall.
"I will show her that I'm better than her in many ways. This is only the beginning", Melinda yelled glaring at the elevator door.
Lara mindlessly walked out of the agency building. She was left all alone again even her manager couldn't approach her. Everyone stared at her from a distance like she some disease.
Dejection was a thorn to any celebrities life. Even her fans had turned against her criticizing every bit of her. She had no one to turn to her parents had long died when she three and her grandparents were recently deceased.
Now the world was against her they only solution she could think of was to disappear. To far away place where no one could ever hurt her or slander her reputation. Besides it was her fault, if only she had listened, if only she had stayed at her home...maybe she would have lived freely, ignorant of her best friend's jealousy. She got to the subway by foot hiding her face and entered the train.
In other to survive this cruel world, Lara had abandoned everything including her family just to fulfill her dreams. And this is all she got after all her sacrifices. Now, what was she to do? A world that scared her was standing right in front of her glaring and abusing her for something she knew nothing of.
'I told you, didn't I? you will always be a failure Lara' the words of her family jeered at her in constant mockery of her down fall. yet she could not defend herself of the accusation.
Inside the train, she tried to keep a low key to avoid the passengers who were looking like hungry critics. even as it stands, she was not able to go online because critics would shame her till she decides to take her own life.
she was not a fan of trouble but many actors and actresses didn't like her. To them, she was a threat living in their space. she was a little rookie that bloomed like spring while they fought to stay in the line of fame.
"Young miss, can you adjust a bit," a blonde woman requested.
Lara quietly did as she said in order to avoid any commotion as the decision she had taken was a suicidal one.
"Ugh, youths these days are just too arrogant and spoilt. Do you know that superstar singer Liam don? he was caught with a married woman. I am sure his career would be over by now," the woman began to gossip with her partner.
"Same goes to that model called Lara Sage..." the other woman mentioned her name and she froze at the spot. This was hell for her, the only thing she could do now was stay hidden and don't get recognized.
