She added, "If you don't believe me, you can call her directly—I exchanged numbers with her."
"Y-you mean the celebrity Hera? That stunning woman?" her mother asked skeptically, her disbelief evident. It was almost inconceivable to her that her daughter could have any connection to someone so famous, as if getting close to a celebrity like that was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
The girl nodded furiously in response to her mother's question, her eyes fixed anxiously on the leather belt in her mother's hand, fearing it might strike her at any moment. Seeing her daughter's genuine fear and frantic nodding, the mother was forced to accept the truth, despite her disbelief.
The idea of her daughter being connected to someone like Hera was almost too extraordinary to accept—she would have found it easier to believe her daughter was involved with a wealthy old man than to accept this astonishing revelation.
