“My brother’s personal assistant? Why is she trending?” Bryan asked with a frown as he glanced at where Sonia was standing with her phone pressed to her ear. Although she was standing with her back to him, from the way she stood stiffly he could tell that she was upset by whatever she was hearing. He knew that they were supposed to give both Benne and Celsie a call the previous day but they had been too engrossed with themselves to do so.
Mia took out her phone and once she opened the page, she handed it to him, “Murder?” Bryan asked with a frown. This wasn’t good at all. Although he didn’t know the exact details, he was certain that Sonia did. Was this about her family which she had mentioned to him?
Needing to find out what was going on, he dialed Benne’s line immediately. Celsie was his brother’s girlfriend after all, and he needed to know what was going on and make sure they were both alright.
“What? Who did something as hateful as that?” Sonia asked angrily the moment Celsie finished explaining the details to her.
“I don’t know. I’m suspecting Anita, but then again she called earlier pretending not to know what was going on,” Celsie said with a sigh.
“That bitch! I’m going to scratch out her eyes if I set my eyes on her,” Sonia promised, and then took in a deep breath when she realized that she should be consoling Celsie instead of getting angry.
“How are you feeling, Celsie?” She asked in concern.
“How else can I feel?” Celsie asked with a dry laugh, “Anyway, I called for something different. I want to make a video that I would upload on social media, and I might mention you in it. I hope you don’t mind?” Celsie asked, making Sonia frown.
“Why would I mind?” She asked in confusion.
“You know you’re a celebrity now, and you’re dating one. I don’t want anything that would…”
“Fuck all of that, Celsie! You come first! I always tell you that but I don’t know if you just do not listen, or you don’t get it. You are all the family I have, and I’m always with you,” Sonia assured her.
Celsie felt her throat clog with emotion. Although she had never openly admitted it to either Sonia or herself, she still harbored some sort of guilt that if not for her Sonia would still have her family.
Maybe if she had handled things differently she wouldn’t be the only person closest to a family that Sonia had. If she had known that the police would show up that day she would have just continued to let Jamie do all he was doing, and let the police handle it. Then he wouldn’t have died. His parents and most people wouldn’t have accused her of murder, and Sonia wouldn’t have been cut off from them before their death.
“What kind of video do you want to make, and why?” Sonia asked, cutting into Celsie’s thoughts.
Celsie took in a deep breath and let it out, “I should at least let everyone hear my side of the story. They should only judge me after knowing the truth,” Celsie murmured.
“Will you be okay doing that?” Sonia asked with a worried frown. This was something she had never talked about, and then even when she talked about it with Benne, she had gone into shock halfway into her story. How was she going to make such a video then?
“I don’t know. I will have to be okay. Whoever did this doesn’t want me to be okay, so I have to be okay,” Celsie explained.
“I will join you in the video then. I have to make sure that you’re fine,” Sonia offered.
Although Celsie would rather have Sonia with her than her family, she knew that Sonia was busy, “You shouldn’t. You are with Bryan, and then there’s the shoot. Besides, what if people don’t believe my side of the story? Associating with me might affect your…”
“Shut the fuck up! I’m coming over,” Sonia hissed at her and hung up.
“Okay! Time up, let’s resume!” The producer announced, but Sonia ignored him as she walked up to where Bryan was seated with a worried look on his face.
“I’m leaving.. I need to be with Celsie,” she informed him.
After confirming from Benne that it was Sonia’s family that was involved in this, he couldn’t bring himself to stop her. She had said her half-brother had committed suicide and her parents blamed Celsie for it, so why was Celsie being accused of her half-brother’s murder?
Looking into her eyes, Bryan could tell that her mind was made up, “I will come with you.” He offered instead.
He could tell that she was going over to offer her best friend the needed comfort and support. Even though she liked to act like she was very tough, she also needed to be comforted herself.
Sonia shook her head, “You shouldn’t. First of all your ankle is yet to heal completely. Secondly, you’re a celebrity, and public opinion matters to you. My getting involved in this is bad enough for you…”
“What’s going on? Everyone is waiting for the both of you so we can start,” Jeff said as he walked over to where they were discussing.
“Can’t we just wrap it up now? Sonia needs to leave. She has an emergency that needs to be taken care of, and I’m leaving with her,” Bryan said, ignoring what Sonia had been saying earlier.
Harry turned to Sonia, “Is it very urgent?”
“Yes. You’re Bryan’s manager, you shouldn’t let him come with me. It might end up becoming a career suicide for him if he gets involved in this,” Sonia informed Jeff who turned to Bryan with questioning eyes.
“What kind of a fiance would I be if I let you go through this alone?” Bryan asked in annoyance, not liking how she was bringing up the whole celebrity thing again.
“What kind of a fiancee would I be if I let you get involved in this knowing the damage it would do to you? I love you Bryan, and I won’t let you get hurt,” Sonia said as she slid off the engagement ring on her finger, while the onlookers gasped in surprise.
“What are you doing?” Bryan asked, feeling his heart shatter as he watched her take off his ring. Although he had given her the ring without meaning to, somewhere along the line of their relationship he had come to see her truly as his fiancee.
“Can you give us a moment alone?” Sonia asked Harry and Mia who had come to join them and were watching in confusion.
Sonia lowered herself so that she was squatting in front of him, “Let’s break up. After I have cleared up all of this we can get back together if you still want us to,” Sonia explained.
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