As soon as I lied down, door was opened and I was welcomed by two renowned faces of our modelling industry along with a lawyer. They came and inside and smiled at me.
I looked at Emily and she looked at me. Our eyes were mirroring the same confusion and different questions were swirling in pairs of eyes.
What are they doing here? What they want?
"Hello, Alice." The president of Shine production said with a smile on his face following the smiles of other people.
I didn't reply to him because I was confused and anxious as well because of his presence.
He was Mr. Alex Blake, president of shine production. Shine production is one of famous and important production Industry. If someone is successful in making his way to this production house then he's successful even before his debut work. That's the work of this industry.
Along with him was Mr. Robin Clair, president of another renowned and successful production industry. They both were in their 50's but they were so arrogant and never considered anyone. All they desire were fame and money.
I've worked with both of them. I was their best selected model as they used to say. I used to do everything with perfection. I had made my name in a very young age that I was approached by them which was very rare to get called by industry without apply for auditions.
I, luckily had beautiful figure and body along with the benefit of being young, I joined industry at the age of 18 and from then I was taught to live a fake life with a fake smile.
Along with them was a lawyer, probably in his 30's with a tight smile on his face.
"Hello, Alice. How are you?" Mr. Robin asked and smiled. I was suffocating in their presence. They were so self centric and egotistical people.
"Hello." I cleared my throat and replied with no smiling face. I kept my face cold and straight.
Both of them were looking at Emily who was getting conscious under their gazes. Maybe they wanted to have a talk with me alone. Emily was getting super intimidated by their presence and lowered her face. Her hair fell on her face. It was a feeble attempt to protect herself from these egoistic people. She was looking petite against them.
"Uh- Alice, I'll be back." Emily excused herself and was about to go when I held her hand.
"Stay." I smiled at her. She tried to smile back but miserably failed nevertheless, she nodded. She was scared and nervous because atmosphere was cold and chilly.
"Alice, as now everything is proved that you're innocent and not guilty-" Mr. Alex said. I took a sharp breath and he stopped looking at me.
They both were here to touch my sore spot. Why anyone wouldn't leave me alone?
"We want you to come back to industry, with all your dignity and respect. Everything is proved, Alice that you were not guilty. Everything was planned by James Ashton because he wanted to destroy you." Mr. Alex continued.
Oh so this was why they are here. Now I understood that why they decided to come here and offer me to come back. How ironic was that how this world is full of snakes. Everyone comes to you when you have money and fame.
Once you get empty pocket, your fame and identity are tarnished and you get nothing left, all these people don't even think for a second to leave your side.
Sometimes you give so much to people that you get yourself empty from inside. This is what I was feeling right now. I was very devoted for my work and career. I did struggles for my position. I dedicated my whole life for these people and their production houses and when I wanted their help and support, they all left me.
When I was thrown out of industry, I want to them, asked their help and begged them to believe in me but, what they did? They threw me like a fly is thrown out of the milk.
Now after the press conference, everything is proved and time was in my favor, they were back and asking me to join them like nothing happened here before?
Bad times unmask the people and now I knew who was loyal with me and who was merely pretending.
"What are you thinking, Alice?" Mr. Robin interrupted my thoughts and I came back to reality. I was busy with train of my thoughts.
"Alice is shocked and she can't believe that we both are here to welcome her." Mr. Alex said and they both chuckled. They both were totally unaware of the tsunami going on in my mind.
"Who's he?" I questioned pointing at the third person who was quietly standing there hearing our conversations.
Both of them turned towards him and smiled.
"Oh Alice, he is Nathan. He is a lawyer and he's here for you to give details about the case." Mr. Robin said pointing at Nathan who was smiling looking at me.
"Which case?" I questioned. My eyebrows were furrowed and confusion was written all over my face. Emily held my hand in her hers to give me warmth. She was aware that I was having a storm inside me.
"Nathan, brief Ms. Alice about the cases." Mr. Alex said.
"Hello, Ms. Miller. I was here to give you details about the cases. One, is the agreement between you people about your comeback." He smiled at me and briefed me.
"What agreement Mr. Alex and Mr. Robin?" I asked them with a serious face. I can't let them play with my life anymore now that I knew their real faces and their motives.
"You're coming back with us, Alice. Those agreements are about our dealings. You will be part of our designer clothing brand and you'll be the only one to represent all of them. That's a great opportunity for you and I know no one can handle it as amazing as you would do." He said and smiled. He was so mean. I was feeling suffocation because of them.
"Yes, Alice. Isn't it a great chance?" Mr. Robin smiled proudly. They thought that they could come back and act like nothing had happened.
I didn't reply them. I was being rude but that's how they deserved to be treated.
"What's the other thing?" I asked Nathan. I completely ignored what Alex and Robin had said. Emily was standing beside me.
"The other thing is that you're going to file a case against Mr. James Ashton and destroy him permanently." He declared. This sentence fell on me like a bomb. This information fell on my head like a brick and tore my head apart.
I gasped! What were they even saying? Why the hell would I file a case against James and who the hell were they to talk about this?
"What?!" I yelled at Nathan and my nostrils flared in anger. My voice boomed across the room.