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“What will you wear today? Or should we call nurse Lin to send someone to bring you two some clothes over?” Macy asked as they ate breakfast.
“Daddy already brought clothes for us,” Mel said as she rolled bacon on her sausage.
“What are you doing?” Macy asked her as she watched Mel with amusement as she struggled with her small hands.
“Auntie, have you ever tried wrapping your sausage in bacon? It’s delicious. Try this,” Mel said as she gave Macy the one she had already wrapped to bite.
Macy did and she thought she would lie to Mel but it was actually delicious.
“Mmm… this is actually good,” she said as she ate.
Thet ate in a happy harmonious mood while talking about this and that and for the first time in a long time, Richard felt the warmth of family.
He was getting used to having Macy around and he was scared. He was scared that he was getting way too attached as he had promised himself that he wouldn’t.
After Cassandra, Richard had decided to focus on being a President to his family’s companies and a father to Mel.
He had swore never to let a woman in. But this one had crawled in smootly and she had him smitten and he was afraid.
After breakfast, Macy and Mel went to the bathroom to do what it is girls do while getting ready for the day while Richard was taking care of the dishes.
As they were in the bathroom giggling like the girls they were, the door bell rang but Macy didn’t worry because she knew that Richard would take care of it.
After she was done styling Mel’s hair, they came out only to find two sets of clothes laid out on the big bed.
They were identical and the only difference was that one was big and the other was small.
There was a white T-shirt, a pair of skinny jeans, a black hoodie with the drawing of a bear at the back and the word “ROCKSTAR” printed at the front of both and to top the look, there was a pair of white sneekers also one big and one small.
Macy stood there wondering how to react but Mel was over the moon.
“Auntie, look, we got matching clothes. We will look like mother and daughter,” Mel said as she held her small clothes to show Macy with excitement.
Macy couldn’t disappoint that adorably cute little face and so, she went with the flow.
They were dressed and made up within no time and they walked to the living room and they both froze at the door.
There, in front of them, was Richard in a similar costume.
Macy thought that she was twinning with Mel only which was okay but she hadn’t seen this coming.
She didn’t think that she would be wearing the same outfit as Richard.
Richard clearly saw her reaction and he smiled nervously, something he actually has never done.
“I… eerr… I asked Asher to get us something to wear and this is what was delivered,” he said as he held his hood showing Macy that it was also a surprise to him.
“We now look like a real family,” Mel said clearly not reading the mood between the adults.
She was so happy that she was skipping all the way to the front of the apartment complex where there were vehicles waiting for them.
They went to every place Mel requested and by evening, Macy was more than exhausted and wondered how it was called a day off when it was no different from when she was working.
But though she was complaining and tired as could be, she was also smiling.
She didn’t know how or when it happened but she really loved Mel and spending time with her was always the best.
She smiled at the thought that she was not alone as she had anticipated when she was coming back to the US from abroad.
Macy continued with shooting and there was no drama in the set.
She thought it was because Angela had heeded their threat during that time they set the bomb and she knew that Julia’s arrest might have affected her a lot.
Macy worked hard for a few more days and the shooting was concluded well.
The ending celebration party for a successful shooting was scheduled to be at the end of that week and Macy, being the second female lead and the director’s favorite for her diligence, was supposed to be in attendance and she was.
She was also happy because this was going to be her first major shoot and she felt that she had done well.
The party was held at a five star hotel in the heart of DC and everyone from the actor and actresses to the crew and investors were there.
Asher couldn’t be in attendance but he sent a representative of the mysterious investor who asked for Macy and he doubled up as a spy for him.
He was supposed to keep an eye on Macy just in case and report everything.
The party started with the normal speeches and the media asking the actors questions and after the formality was done, it was time for merry making.
After eating and dancing, at around ten in the evening, they sat down for games as the elderly and the investors left.
It was mostly the crew members and the actors who had been left for the late night games and singing.
The first game was simple.
It was dominoes and Macy, being a gambler, smashed it to the amusement of many and the humiliation of a few.
“I have to go home. My husband is waiting for me,” Angela said but the others wouldn’t have it.
“You can’t leave. You are the queen and you have to stay with us till the end,” the others insisted and she had to stay because it would otherwise look rude if she left.
“The next game is truth or dare,” the person in charge announced after they had sang and competed in karaoke and again, Macy didn’t do too badly.
Her worst score in the singing was 79%.
People cheered as they made the venue for the game and truth or dare started.
They were all sitting around a huge table where they were spinning the bottle and where the shots which the losers were to take were placed.
Macy hadn’t drunk much as she had been careful and she did not intend to drink any shots here.
She knew that the shots here were worse than the wine they took earlier.
Even when toasting to the higher ups, she pretended to drink but didn’t take much.
She had learnt her lesson the hard way and even though she knew that May was somewhere watching over her, she wasn’t about to risk it.
They played until the bottle pointed towards Macy and it was her turn to choose.
She didn’t want to be asked about her personal life and didn’t want to drink and she thus chose dare.
“Okay… I dare you…. I dare you…. I dare you to…. to…,”
“I dare you to kiss the first person to walk though that door,” one of Angela’s friends blurted out before the person who spun the bottle could ask.
People cheered and started anticipating as Macy stood up and went towards the door to wait.
The game halted as they all watched the door eagerly wanting to see who would walk in.
What Macy didn’t know was that a certain gossiper somewhere had been sent the video clip of Macy being asked to kiss the first person who walks through that door and her standing near the door.
The said gossiper had in turn sent the clip to his brother.
He was eager to see what his brother would do.
Immediately Richard received that video on his phone, he called May.
“Stand by the door.
Make sure that no one comes in even if it’s the president of the United States,” he said and May did just that.
So, as Macy was eagerly waiting for the person who would walk in, May was outside making sure that no one came in.
Angela stood up and walked towards the toilet to actualize her plan.
She called her manager and said, “go get a homeless person. The filthiest you can get. Pay them whatever amount and bring them at the hotel now.
You have five minutes.”
She then returned after the call and sat down next to her friend like the angel she pretended to be.
After a while, the friend stood up and walked outside.
There were now two people. Watching over the door making sure that they won’t let anyone in except the one.