Chapter Three

"Stevens, please send the bodyguards to my car and get it ready for me," Ricardo said, his tone leaving no room for argument. Stevens smiled and nodded, then set off to run the errands.

Ricardo sat back in his chair, swiveling slowly from side to side. After a moment, he reached for his phone and dialed the number of his receptionist. "Would you please take care of the documents on my desk and clear my schedule for the rest of the day? There's an important matter I need to attend to."

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"How could she do this?" Liam exclaimed, pacing back and forth in his office. "After what she did to my sister... the nerve of her, trying to make a comeback." Anger flashed across his face.

"Calm down, Liam," Eduardo, his best friend, said. "We can't let her just get away with this. She needs to pay for what she's done."

"I agree," Liam said, his voice hardening. "Let's make it impossible for her to have a peaceful comeback."

A plan began to form in Liam's mind. They would use social media to their advantage, using it to paint Natalie in a bad light and turn public opinion against her. Eduardo got to work, uploading photos of Mia with captions that portrayed Natalie in a negative light.

One photo showed Mia's cheerful, smiling face, with the caption: "Mia dead, Natalie to make a comeback." The next photo was of Mia's gravestone, with the caption: "Rest in peace, Mia. May Natalie never have peace."

Within minutes, the posts went viral, and angry comments began pouring in.

*****

Natalie and Jean emerged from the van to a wall of flashing camera lights and a barrage of questions from the assembled reporters. "What are you doing here, Natalie?" one shouted. "You don't belong here. Leave the modeling industry, we're better off without you," another yelled.

The questions and insults kept coming: "Murderer! How could you do that to Mia?" "You should just die, you're a terrible person." "Go jump in a ditch!" "Are you really trying to make a comeback after all you've done?" "What about the scandal you caused?"

Jean noticed the reporter who'd asked about the scandal, and was about to respond when he was interrupted by Natalie. "Didn't the police already clarify that?" she asked coldly, her eyes flashing. "This is just a new beginning for me. A new chance to prove that I'm a changed person."

The reporter who'd asked the question took a step back, unnerved by Natalie's icy demeanor. He took a breath and then pushed his microphone toward her face, hitting her in the mouth in the process.

Nat recoiled, a hand coming up to cover her bleeding mouth. A hush fell over the crowd as they watched the exchange, unsure of how to react. All except for Jean, who had snapped a photo of the scene as it unfolded. She knew exactly how she was going to use that photo, and it wasn't going to end well for the reporter.

Sean, the reporter, was oblivious to the photograph that had just been taken.

Another reporter in their midst was brave to shove the mic once again in Natalie's face hitting her in the nose.

"Don't you feel regret? I mean how can you wake up each day knowing that Mia's deãd? You want to make a comeback? Impossible! Try bringing Mia to life. Wait both of them are equally impossible,so just quit Natalie!"

During this time Natalie had a cold look on, it's taken everything in her not to slap everyone of them 7 ways to hēll. If she really wanted to clear herself anger won't help.

They wanted her to speak,right? That's exactly what she's gonna do. Of course before making up her mind to hurt everyone who had ever hurt her she has done her homework. 

Mia was a friend and Natalie doesn't hurt friends. Six years ago Mia and Nat were pretty close, Mia found out she was pregnant for Eduardo,she couldn't tell anyone nor could she run to her brother cause her brother consistently abused her physically. She was at her peak of her career and having a child will destroy everything. She ran to Natalie for help,then Nat was also going through her problems and so she couldn't help her.

Mia went to the media claiming Natalie was bullying and blackmailing her, during her interviews she ran to the toilet to puke in the process Eduardo also found out she was pregnant and asked her to abort which she refused. Eduardo wasn't ready to be a father,even though he was,he wasn't going to marry a damaged whore like Mia. So he constantly hit her and every time he had the chance and each time she'll show her wounds to the media and claim that her scars were from the men Natalie sent to beat her up. The day Natalie showed up at Mia's house she wasn't home and coincidentally was the same day Mia committed suicide. Security camera caught Nat entering the house and coming out later with nothing but just a bag. Everyone assumed she threatened Mia to a point of suicide. Of course no one knew what was in the bag till date. And it's been six years! Back Then Nat never knew why Mia constantly bullied her but presently if anyone was to bully her she doesn't care who you are she was going to give you how she sees fit.

Jean once told her that Mia was being paid by someone,but will someone pay you to kill yourself?

Natalie smiled when she remembered the text threat she received last night. Liam really doesn't know who she his. His end his near.

On-lookers saw her smile and were furious

🗣️ How dare you smile!

🗣️ Shouldn't you be feeling remorse

🗣️Bitch

🗣️Slit

🗣️ You killed someone!

Natalie scoffed at the last statement. Forgetting about her wounds she stepped closer,her face in front of the camera she said this words "You want to go down this road? Fine with me! You want to play? Fine! Let's rumble. Game on"

🗣️ What's she saying!

🗣️ Who's she referring to?

Everyone present stared at Natalie like she had gone mad. They were still frozen to the spot when a group of bodyguards arrived and led her in. They wasted enough of time as it is.

"Where have you been?" Jean secretly whispered to a bodyguard.