Chapter 11

"I can think of other ways to open doors for you, you are a pretty girl." He puts his hand on her knee.

She moves his hand from her knee. When she looks up to his face she sees a look of shock and disgust directed at her.

"Sir I am not that kind of woman, I will not sleep with you for anything I can work hard for." She says strongly.

"If you don't want to get famous then get out." He shouts

"I have a contract, It states that I must be working to make an income of $60,000 in order to stay signed with the agency." She states matter of factly.

"Yes it does, but it also states that if you do not make that amount within the year the agency will void the contract. I gave you an option to get more work. If you have changed your mind, I will forget what just happened." He smirks

She balled her fist in anger by her side. "I will not change my mind. Just please can you find me work? I do not have an agent." she says standing from the chair putting some distance between them.

"You need work right, Then why not give in to me?" He smiles and steps closer to her, he places both his hands on her hips pulling her closer. A sudden pain fills between his legs. "You bitch." He spits at her.

"If you ever come near me in that way again, I will knee so much harder you won't have any children." She sneers at him. She walks out of his office fuming from the encounter.

End of flashback. As she is walking down the street, she bumps into someone carrying bags of groceries. She helps the person with all the spilled contents. When she looks at the person it is Mrs. Gavi.

"I am so sorry Mrs. Gavi, How have you been?" She asks

"I have been good dear, and you? Why are you upset?"

"I-I have been knocked back to square one with my career." She says, fighting her tears.

"Help me home and we can talk for a bit." she smiles

The two women arrive at the dorm building. When Emma walks into the building all of the memories of that day come rushing back to her, her eyes start to tear. She will never get the image of her friend lying on the bed with her eyes open the way she found her. This is where her friend took her final breath. She is brought out of her thoughts when she feels a hand on her shoulder.

"Emma dear, are you ok?" asked Mrs. Gavi with a look of concern on her face.

"I am fine, just thinking." She gives her a fake smile.

They walk over to Mrs. Gavi's office. Emma sits on one of the couches in the room. She sees a magazine on the table, it has Lia on the front cover. She picks it up from the table, as she does Mrs. Gavi is walking from the kitchen with cups of tea in her hands. Emma stands up to help her with the cups, she sits them on the table to cool.

"Have you seen Lia's cover picture?" She ask Emma

"Yes, they are being posted all over the internet." She exhales

"You don't seem happy about it, just think she walked these same halls and now her name and pictures are everywhere." She says smiling. "What are you doing now?" She asks Emma.