The Hollywood

Ep 2 - Things are going to be different

-mommy our luggage is here

-emma's innocent and curious four year old son brian called excitedly, one big suitcase and two small bags appeared in front of them emma took down the bags and gave both of her twins their bags amy dragged her suitcase across the ground

-mommy where are we going ?

-Emma took a deep breath, we're going to stay with mommy's aunt mary she's going to be so excited to finally meet you both.

-smiling at her children emma thought to herself everything seems to have worked out perfectly.

it has been over five years since i left LA to go work in london as a fashion assistant and now i'm finally able to return home with an amazing job offer at my favorite La designer and luckily aunt mary volunteered to help watch my kids this time everything should be different.

-i just hope it has been long enough for my step siblings jealousy the go away

-i need to protect my twins from them no matter what

-as emma walked with her children through the airport both amy and brian caught the attention of the other passengers emma overheard the discussions of the people around her about her children

-oh my god those twins are so cute

-i never thought i wanted kids but now seeing them i'm definitely reconsidering

-am gonna take a quick pic to send to my friends those kids look like mini celebrities.

-emma loved her kids more than she even knew she was capable of loving anything, from the second she found out she was pregnant she knew that they were special her life shifted in a way that she couldn't explain suddenly she no longer cared about their frivolity of her step siblings scheming or even her own dreams,

all that she wanted was for her kids to be happy from the second she held them in her arms she knew that destiny was real.

-it was fate that had pushed her to meet the mystery man that night and it was fate that she got pregnant after her first time and looking at the two children next to her emma knew that she had everything that she could ever need in life

-only as her twins grew older emma couldn't help but realize that her children didn't resemble her, they had softer features and matching blue eyes

-remembering their fathers piercing blue eyes from that dark night emma thought to herself they must have gotten their fathers genes

-that night seem so long ago now i wish i could remember more about him

-i wonder if i'll ever meet him again

-emma's thoughts were interrupted by her son's waving hand

-mom you're zoning out should we call a taxi?

-emma squat down and adjusted brian collar and she patted amy's head and said yes of course, sorry I just really can't believe that we're here i'm nervous

-it will all be okay, brian comfort his mother

i'm the one who's supposed to be telling you that emma smiled at her sensitive son.

-Getting into the taxi emma turn towards her children now remember what i told you to do when you arrive at my aunt mary's home you have to call her great aunt mary

-don't worry mommy we know what to do brian and amy laugh

-the taxi left the airport and headed towards the city

-driving through sunset and vine emma looked out of the taxi window at a local billboard and saw an ad for her stepsister stephanie next big movie

-oh of course stephanie found a way to welcome me back, it's still so wild to think that she's a celebrity back when i knew her she had zero interest in acting and now she's the most famous movie star in the world

-i wonder how she did it

-knowing stephanie i'm sure that there are some cds scheme involved

-emma lowered her head and held her two children tightly in her arms she didn't want to dig into her past grudges her only goal now was to raise her two little kids by her side other than that there was nothing else she would ask for, both brian and amy leaned into emma and close their eyes feeling comforted by their mother's embrace amy fell asleep immediately, brian was tired as well but he kept himself awake in case his mother needed to talk.

-even though emma told him that he was not responsible for her feelings, he felt a desire to look after his mom. she never talked about it but it was obvious that she had been through a lot and brian wanted to do whatever he could to make her life easier.

-mommy that building is so big!

-brian exclaimed out loud pointing towards the tall building outside the window.

-emma looked in the direction of where he pointed with as little finger, sure enough in the middle of the large buildings, there was a skyscraper that stood out. yeah they're big and tall so cool emma smiled at her son, i really wish i could go in and take a look inside brian handed.

Emma burst out in laughter and rubbed his little head that's where people work they don't allow visitors she said.

-mommy do you know anyone who works there?

-emma shook her head, sorry sweetie besides my aunt mary i don't know anyone else here.

You see even though LA is my home, there were a lot of bad things that happened to me here.

Then why are we moving back? i want you to be happy. brian snuggled into his mother, emma pulled her son in close, i know you do sweetie and this time things are going to be different i'm not the same naive girl but i was before, we're going to be happy here i know it.

-Turning away from the skyscraper to look at her son, emma didn't see the extravagant limited edition rolls royce pull in front of the building.

-with emma taxi in the background driving away, a young woman wearing a fish tailed skirt stepped out of the rolls royce.

-stephanie, what a surprise! the valley told the woman as he took her car keys.

-in the past five years, emma stepsisters stephanie had changed a lot. her expensive clothing and wavy red hair exuded wealth and fame.

-without making a sound stephanie walked in high heels towards the elevator, she pressed on the sixty six floor, she had a plan.

-no matter what, she was going to invite the hottest bachelor in LA, william anderson to her birthday party and she was not going to take no for an answer.

-she needed him to come, a career depended on it.

-exiting the elevator, stephanie looked at the security guard and intentionally flipped her enchanting long hair and winked at him.

-after being in the entertainment industry for so long, she knew how to work the room and get what she wanted, especially from men.

-walking down the hallway, stephanie signal to an assistant to open the thick and heavy door of the office of the president of king international.

-in a spacious and bright office there was a dark wooden desk in the middle of the room, the entire office was filled with black, white and grey colors. a code vibe, perfectly matched the owners temperament.

when stephanie stepped in, her charming eyes were glued to the handsome man sitting behind the desk.

-wearing a tailored black suit with a black shirt the man turn to stephanie and nodded to her with his piercing blue eyes

-stephanie, what are you doing here? you know better than to show up at my office like this, a man commanded from behind his black old desk.

-stephanie walked up to the man, flashed a flirtatious smile. i know but today's my birthday.

i thought maybe you could come over tonight. i have back to back meetings all day, as i told you before, i have business to do.

-you worked too hard, you have to make time for pleasure.

-looking at stephanie desperation, william thought to himself. when will she take a hint, I've already given her a career, she's a movie star because i made her one. the only reason why I'm nice to her it's because i owe her my entire life after everything that happened five years ago, that night changed everything.

-stephanie lean forward and continued, please come over tonight... we could have some, dessert. if you know what i mean.

-william looked at stephanie with a powerful kiss gaze.

-don't make me repeat myself, it's pathetic.

-after five consecutive years of rejection, the expression in stephanie eyes suddenly became dejected, she held back tears.

-alright.

-i understand.

-william had made her the queen of hollywood and he had never been willing to be her king, no matter how hard she tried william never seemed interested in anything other than work.

-stephanie wiped the tear from her cheek and thought to herself,

-i'm the most famous actress in the world, i can have any man in LA except for the one who i really want. how did someone like emma get his attention when he couldn't care less about me?

-life's so not fair.

-interrupting stephanie thoughts, william slightly raised his eyebrows.

-anything else?

-ailing her body swoon at the sight of william strong jawline, stephanie forced a smile.

-it's all right i won't disturb your work any longer. i should probably go, after all, it's my birthday so i'm super busy. so many plans today might even have a date later after my party. looking down at his computer william wave a hand; sounds good, bye.

-stephanie held back tears and left his office in a hurry as she whispered to herself; he didn't even wish me a happy birthday.

-i have to find a way to make him loved me, my career depends on it.