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And it’s all on camera.
I get up and walk away from SWT, I start packing knowing full well, this is the end.
And I was the one who wrote it.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Ari
I know something’s wrong the minute my phone starts blowing up, and it’s not from Sookie, it’s from the press, and then from management.
And CEO Siu.
Hands shaking, I answer. “Hello?”
“You’re fired.” He sighs. “I don’t want to, but I’m dealing with not just a legal mess right now with SWT and this show on top of Sookie, he’ll be kicked out of SWT just so you’re aware. I expected better from you, had you told me we could have managed this, but I don’t see the band coming back from it, we’ll salvage what we can for their comeback. Sookie’s already packing and on his way back to the dorms to do the same. Please turn in your ID and laptop while you leave set. We’ll do the finale for the show with TestME instead of SWT, I’m currently getting Grace to take them back to the dorms but I want to give Sookie ample time to pack up his belongings before they get there. Lay low. You’ll get six months severance.”
The phone goes dead.
Numb. I’m wondering what happened.
Then I see Sung-Bin, he walks up to me from catering and shakes his head, then hands over his phone.
It’s me.
It’s me and Sookie.
Making out, touching each other.
The group’s lawyer.
The leader’s sister with the youngest.
I accidentally drop his phone onto the grass then pick it up and hand it back. “I’m going to pack my things.”
“I can make it go away,” he whispers. “If you let me, I can make it go away.”
I straighten my spine. “The last thing I want, is for Sookie to go away.”
“The scandal.”
I turn on my heel and charge him. “The damn scandal of loving someone for years? Is that it? The scandal of having to sneak around because it could break his career and mine? All because we’ve loved each other that long? You want to make that go away. No. Thank. You.” Tears stream down my cheeks. “Do you even know how low Sookie must be right now? Yes, we got caught, it was inevitable, but what’s so wrong about this? What?”
“For starters you work for his company, he’s not allowed to date, he’s young, you’re four years older, you have to understand how this looks.” He shoves his hands into his stupid trouser pockets and I want to rage.
I point my finger at him and then drop my arm. “You’re not worth it. You’re a nice guy but I would rather suffer alongside the man I love than have you fix it with your money. Congratulations, at least the show’s gonna be a hit.”
I leave and start walking to my room, pissed off and ready to find Sookie, it’s out so that means no more secrets, I’m close to the house when I see him on the ground outside the house, unresponsive.
“SUNG-BIN!” I scream. “I need an ambulance!”
He comes running, phone in hand. The other group members start sprinting toward the mansion, obviously hearing the chaos, and of course cameras are catching it all.
He’s lying there nearly lifeless.
I feel for a pulse and start sobbing, hands shaking to where I can’t find one but I know he’s alive, he has to be alive. Sung-Bin pulls me away. I stumble back into Lucas who holds on to me while we watch Sung-Bin start to do chest compressions.
I fight Lucas in an effort to get to Sookie just as Suho and Rae appear around the corner. Rae starts sprinting toward us. Suho holds him back, Rae’s fighting. “Sookie! Sookie!”
