Lucy's POVI was out of Melissa's apartment after having gotten tired of hearing her ask for my bodyguard’s number for the hundredth time. She did see me out and she didn't hide it when she looked at him.I rolled my eyes and acted like it wasn't my business because I had to leave. My bodyguard ignored her like she didn't exist and I laughed as we got back to the car.I couldn't let her know I was laughing or she would kill me. The next day was the auction and I was up and ready before the sun came up.I showed up at Melissa's door as early as 6:30 am, with a chaotic energy. She grumbled and opened the door, rubbing her eyes with a tired scowl on her face as I sang a little too loud. “Wake up, superstar.”“Lord, take me already,” she murmured.“He can't,” I answered, pushing into her apartment. “You'll be dead.”“The audition is by 1pm. I still need my beauty sleep,” she argued.“Nah, we need to practice and make sure…”She cut the words out of my mouth and rolled her eyes. “I should
Shane's POVI stepped back a little, shocked to see her. She was different from how I remembered her. I had expected her to be great from abandoning me but she was shabby and pale.“Mom?” I called gently, and she smiled painfully.“Shane, is that you?” She gasped, and my heart broke into tiny pieces.No, she can't be my mother. She had the appearance of someone who escaped the nursery home. I wasn't ashamed of her but horrified.She reached out to me, stretching her hand and I froze, not knowing what to do.Do I go to her? Do I hug her? But….she left me. I didn't owe her anything. My mind raced with different thoughts, but still I couldn't move. Something had me imprinted to my feet and I couldn't deny that I felt terrible when I reminded myself that I hated her for leaving me all alone.She breathed out, watching me and lowered her hand. Her eyes were tearing up as she knew I wouldn't go to her.The first sound that shut me down was her sob. She sniffed and looked at me, nodding gent
Lucy's POV“What do you mean by you can't act anymore? Then why are you here?” Melissa asked, sipping her juice.I didn't know which one to answer but I picked the first. “I don't know. I think I lost it. I guess I'm scared. I haven't done any auditions in months and you know why.”“Because you're married?” She asked, taking another sip of her juice.“No, because I got a ton of refusals and I lost my spark.”“Sounds like a lame excuse to bail out. I thought you wanted to do something,” she pushed at me.“Yes, I want to. I….I just don't know if I can. You know. If I can do it anymore,” I confessed.“Seems too late to say that now since I already submitted your name,” she said and my eyes widened.“Hold on, I was supposed to do that this evening.”“I figured we would have more chances if we went a little faster,” she answered. Then she dropped the cup on the table and touched my shoulder. “Sweetie, it's fine. You used to help me go over my practice so I don't think it should be a proble
Lucy's POVI was in her house in her apartment in no time, but I had problem getting the exact room. I couldn't believe I forgot. I knocked on the first door that came to mind and it opened, revealing a big man with tattoos and a biker's jacket, smoking a cigarette and looking at me like I made the worst mistake of my life.“What do you want?” He growled, and drank from his beer bottle.“Uhm…” I said, startled and was just about to explain that it was a mistake when the bodyguard appeared behind me. One look from him made the man uncomfortable and he closed his door.“What did you do?” I asked and he glanced down at me. I wasn't that damn short for him to keep straining his neck. Even Shane seemed to do that a lot and I made another mental note to buy the highest heels next time.If I would live long enough to see my teeth shining. “Nothing, ma'am,” he replied and looked around the small passageway.“Do you know her room number?” He asked and I started to scratch my head. I knew it, I
Lucy's POV “What day is the audition?” My fingers hovered over the send button and I let out my breath just as I pressed it. It clicked and the delivered word appeared on my screen. I sighed, and stared at the sky. Maybe it wasn't a bad idea after all. I was off to make magic. I sipped the last bit of my coffee and dropped some cash on the table, holding it with my cup then strode down to the car parked a few meters away. The bodyguard followed behind me and opened the car’s door before I got in. By the time I arrived at the mansion, everywhere was dark and peaceful. I evaded meeting anyone and got to my room. I had done this on purpose, making sure to stop at every convenient place to either get ice cream or watch people moving around to delay time before making up my mind to go home. I got to my room and closed the door. At least I had peace for a while. All I had to do was wait till Shane returned and somehow that felt like a total bad idea because I knew they would be waitin
Lucy’s povThe fact that we had to sit and eat breakfast like a perfect family was something I would never understand about the Wilsons.It had been Paul’s idea, according to him, having breakfast as a family was a symbol of unity, but we were anything but united and he knew that.Nobody hid their hatred for each other, but Meredith knew how to hide hers with thinly veiled insults and offensive humors.I was the first to arrive at the table and just as I made to sit, Meredith walked in. She looked like she had just got out of bed. She wasn’t dressed as usual.“Lucy, darling,” she drawled, a serene smile plastered to her face, “how was your night?”I knew that it was a trap, answering her would lead to many more insults and well, not answering her would lead to chaos.I plastered a fake smile on my face. “It was okay.”“Mmm, why wouldn’t it? I bet Shane got you a Diamond bracelet.”I smiled and decided that her question was not worth a response. “Did you know, the company shares fell