Breaking news
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Derek sat on a restaurant, has just finished a brunch meeting with a fellow investor. He'd found an interesting company to invest in, and he's optimist of the good outcome. That's how he'd grown his wealth excessively these past few years. And this partner he'd met has offered him his founding with a fair share of company parts.
He's just looking at the message in his phone as he walked out from the restaurant area when he noticed the amount of reporters standing on the hotel lobby, some are trying to barge in. If he had not known better, he would've thought that they're there for him. However, seeing their excited faces, Derek knows something bigger is going on.
He doesn't really pay much attention to it as he turned around, about to go to the parking area along with his assistant instead. While waiting for the elevator, a TV is playing on the news channel that Derek's assistant couldn't ignore.
Derek noticed it too, and on the news is the hotel they're in surrounded by reporters.
"..The release of Elsie's scandal has yet to be confirmed.... Reporters are waiting for her appearance since the morning, but the girl is yet to appear, and neither have her part made any statement about this..."
The reporter from the studio showed the leaking proof footage of Elaine entering the hotel with the time stamp nowhere to be seen, and also another leaked picture of Elaine, seemingly topless. The picture is quite blurry, and he's not sure if it's the original picture, or blurred for the sake of decency.
The elevator door opened and they went in. His assistant is busy typing in his phone and his face seemed to have a weird expression.
"Sir," he called him unsure, handing him over his phone with the few gathered article about the scandal.
"When I went to the tech company to do the bargain, I saw her walk in just as I have arrived. I believe this news are faked, sir," he explained as Derek frowned.
"I don't see what this has to do with me?"
The elevator door opened, and they walked out.
"She's the girl you asked us to look into," he reminds, wondering if his boss doesn't know her name or forgotten about it. "Just now I received some information regarding to her," he informed.
Derek stopped, and turn to look at his assistant with a frown. Part?
"There's some problem with finding the information, sir. Some information are missing, and the team are trying to find it. However with the gregs, we has the full report," he told him, passing a tablet for him to check out.
Derek entered the car as he reads on the file :
Elaine Sierra Harris
08.01.19xx
Age : Twenty-two years old
There are some more things there, such as her grandfather, parents, a brief to her school life, some of her achievement in the entertainment industry. However in front of the media, she has never talked about her family. They know nothing about her family, and it's a wonder how nobody has ever asked about it.
Derek finds something off, and especially the fact that the time on the footage was no where to be seen.
"Get back in," he ordered his driver, and he turned around to enter the basement again.
Derek looked into the greg's files briefly, and there's a lot of things they found about the guy. He frowned, and only pay attention to the important parts until he felt the car stopped again.
"Find the real security footage, and see what's going on," he told his assistant as he went to the elevator. He went to the lobby, trying to find the room of miss Harris. The reception apologized to him, saying that she's not allowed to do that. However, Derek pulled out two cards, handed it to her, and when she realizes who he is, she had no choice but to tell him. He even received the key card to her room.
Derek immediately went there, and knocked on her doors, trying to see if she's there or not.
Elaine had woke up, does a bit of stretch, relaxed her body at the tub, and has just realize what's going on when she heard the knock on her door. She opened it right away, thinking that it's probably her assistant. However, he found an unexpected face instead in front of her door.
"You-" she looked at him confusingly- "What are you doing here?"
"You're not going to invite a guest in?" he raised his brow as she finally gestured him to enter. She's not sure why he suddenly appeared here, and couldn't care less since she has something else to take care of. If he'd like to stay, go ahead. She's not in the mood for guest. That's what she'd thought before he started talking.
He looked around, and surprised to find a rather ordinary room. From her background, she seemed like she would at least get a good amount of money for pocket money from her parents. She's the youngest out of two, and the only girl, at that. He'd expect her to be spoiled, but nothing about her seemed spoiled. Especially that she lives alone in a place miles away from her family.
"Have you seen the news to yourself? I'd think you failed at convincing me that you're not who I thought you are."
Elaine, who is reading the news now looked at her in an annoyed look. "That's why you're here? To mock me?"
She suddenly picked a call, and went on angrily; "For good riddance, I don't even know anyone named Andrew, let alone a director. I'm a model, not a movie actress! This is absolute crap, okay? What- I was on a flight from City B at that time. If I could teleport, I wouldn't have spent good five hours sleep on a damned plane."
Derek doesn't think he'd seen so much emotions out of her. She always looked so well kept. It's almost refreshing to see.
His phone vibrated to the news from his assistant :
"Ms. Harris has left her runway show right at midnight, and made it in time for her late night flight. She appeared to check in after dawn breaks, and left the hotel again which I believe to the place where I met her. We're still processing the footage sir, it may took a while."
Derek seen her typing furiously into her phone, and heard her curse under her breath.
"frickin.... I wouldn't be surprised if it's planned. It's not like I wanted to go to the will reading."
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