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{ ACCUSATIONS }
“I’m so.. so… sorry!” She bit her lips and hurriedly got up but the little she did already made Ricky lost his mind.
He held her waist and pulled her back to himself, he slammed his lips on hers without thinking.
Lily’s eyes widened.
She quickly broke it and stood up straight, blinking constantly.
“I’m so….” She stormed out of the room before he could finish.
Ricky fell on the bed and ruffled his hair,replaying the brief kiss in his head.
“Am I really going crazy?” He sighed and White crawled up to him,he turned to the cat.
“What should I do now?” He mumbled and White only wiggled its tail.
••
<LILY’S ROOM>
Lily closed the door to her room,leaning against it for a long time before falling on her bed.
“Did he really kissed her?” She said inwardly rubbing her finger on her lower lips.
“He didn’t right? How can he stole my first kiss like that?” She sniffed and grabbed her phone,playing the video Ricky took with her phone at their last concert.
“I’m really sorry Ricky! I work so hard to keep my first kiss for you. I hope you can forgive me!”
“That jerk!” She sighed and rubbed her lips.
She can’t even get mad cos she mistakenly kissed him first.
“Füçk! Why did I even go to her room in the first place?” She sniffed.
“Stop weeping Lily! All you have to do right now is to avoid him! Yes,you have to!” She said and nodded.
Her phone started ringing and she picked it up at once.
“What’s up? Why did you call?” Rudy voice sounded over the phone.
Lily said nothing.
“Hey! Lily! Are you okay?” Rudy asked worriedly.
“I’m not okay. Tonight is my worst night ever! I don’t wanna wake up tomorrow” Lily faked tears.
“That’s not funny at all! Did something happen? Should I come over?
“No,can you pick me up tomorrow morning? I missed you already” She pouted.
“What? Are you joking or what? This is the first time you’ve ever admitted to missing me,” Rudy said, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
“Are you gonna come or not?” Lily snapped.
“Fine I will!” Rudy replied.
“Goodnight! I love you!” Lily screamed.
Rudy went mute.
“Aren’t you gonna reply? I said I love you” Lily repeated.
“Goodnight Lily!” Rudy said and hung up.
“Huh? Why does he sound so serious? Why’s everyone suddenly acting weird?” She grumbled closing her eyes.
“I need to wake you early not to see that jerk face!” She sighed and finally drifted to sleep.
•••
<NEXT MORNING>
Lily finished dressing up and her phone beeped immediately.
HURRY UP, I’M WAITING
She glance through her window to make sure he’s truly out before walking out. She never turned her head back till she got to Rudy’s car,she opened the front door and got in.
“You’re late!” Rudy said immediately.
“Does that matter? Let’s just go please…” She said.
“Is that how you treat a friend you haven’t seen for a long time? You said you miss me and….
“What did you want then? A kiss? A hug? Which one?” Lily rolled her eyes.
Rudy turned away from her, his expression unreadable. He started the car and drove away, without another word.
Lily pulled down the sun visor and started applying lip gloss, her makeup still untouched.
She caught sight of Rudy staring at her in the rear-view mirror. He looked away quickly, his expression blank.
This was not the first time she had applied makeup in his presence, so why was he suddenly staring?
“How do I look?” Lily asked, pressing her lips together and puckering them slightly.
“Awful! Knock it off” he said with a smirk.
“Aren’t you saying the opposite right now? Why do you find it so hard to complement me? Not even once!” Lily shrugged.
“I hope you’re not planning to set me up with your friend,I’m not interested” Rudy said,changing the topic.
“Neither am I? I already told her to give up on you” Lily rolled her eyes.
Rudy pulled up to her workplace and she got out of the car.
“See you later!” She turned to wave but he already zoomed off.
“What’s wrong with him?” She puzzled. She entered the flower shop and met Amelia arranging the flowers.
“I’ll help with that” She smiled and grab some from her,,they started arranging it together.
“Isn’t that Rudy who drop you?” Amelia suddenly asked.
Lily nodded.
“He’s still as hot as ever!” Amelia grinned.
Lily looked at her.
“I’m really trying to forget him,it’s just doesn’t work.. Here….” Amelia said, pulling out her phone. She scrolled through her pictures,she showed her the picture she took ehen Rudy dropped her off.
The picture were grainy and out of focus, like they had been taken in a rush.
“Gosh! What should I do with you” Lily shook her head.
Amelia smiled and sat down,admiring the pics,her smile suddenly fell when she came across a post.
“Wait, I know that guy. Where do I know him from?” she said aloud. She tapped the photo to zoom in, but it was too blurry.
“Maybe you’ve seen him on social media?” Lily suggested.
“His face is familiar? Where did I see him?” She pondered and she scroll down to the comments.
🗨️ How can he do such a thing? I never expect something like this from him.
🗨️ He’s a true definition of never judge a book by its cover,with such an innocent face.
🗨️ I feel bad for the girl,he should be sentenced to death.
🗨️ I agree,this is really bad from a public figure.
“OMG! He’s a MP member?” Amelia exclaimed.
“Lily come,you really have to see this!” She rushed to her.
“MP Trace is a rapist! What the f*ck is this?” Lily exclaimed loudly and Amelia shrugged checking the posts with her.
They suddenly came across the video of Trace entering the hotel and when he was inside with the girl but both him and the girl’s face was kinda blur, only the girl’s scream and Trace defensive voice.
The video became clear again when Trace left the room. The video was perfectly edited that one would actually mistook it for a real R@PE case.
“Oh my gawd, I can’t believe this. How can Trace be a rapist! This is a lie.” Lily said collecting Amelia’s phone completely, then she clicked on another video.
It was the one where the fake Mr Cooper’s secretary was giving a speech seeking for justice, claiming the girl R@PED was his sister.
“What is this?” Amelia mumbled, as she remembered what happened that day.
She remembered he was the same guy who apologized to Trace. She had also heard the noise that day, and she almost mistook it for a sëxual harassment until she got there that very day.
It became very obvious that it was all a set up and he couldn’t prove his innocence coz it was skillfully planned.
“I feel like ripping off the heads of this people! How dare they call Trace a rapist! Scvms!!” She gritted as she watched the video.
Amelia just watched her, she couldn’t tell her that it was actually a lie, coz Lily would surely ask her what she was doing at that hotel, so she couldn’t tell her.
After all, it wasn’t her business. She thought and shrugged off the thoughts. His agency would surely find a way to prove his innocence.
She thought.
•••
<SOUND SCAPE ENTERTAINMENT~CEO OFFICE>
Mr. Cooper’s grip on the wine glass tightened, and the contents sloshed onto the floor.
He glared at Trace, his lips pressed into a thin line.
Trace’s entire body trembled as he cowered under Mr. Cooper’s gaze.
“What are you going to do about this huh? F*cking say something idiot!!” he snarled, his eyes blazing with anger.
“I’m really….telling you….t..he truth boss,I’ve…. nothing to do with this….” Trace stammered,his voice trembling.
“What? How did you expect me to believe that when it’s proved that you’re clearly at the hotel? How?!”
“I didn’t went there on my own,I saw your text!” Trace said and dropped his phone in front of him.
Mr Cooper took one glance at the phone then smashed it on the floor angrily.
Trace eyes widened.
“Sir!!!” He shouted.
“What? Does your phone matter most to you in this situation we’re in? Huh?”
“I had all our instrument version of our songs in that,I don’t a back up and I work so hard to derived it!” Trace yelled,almost in tears.
As Mr. Cooper raised his voice, Trace’s voice grew quieter.
Trace could only nod, unable to speak as he struggled to hold back sobs. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, his shoulders slumped. He turned to leave, his head bowed in shame. The door closed
“Do I look like I give a f*ck? What does those bring me all this years? You’re the leader yet you bring nothing but bad luck! Your fancam and everything about you is like a waste of resources! How dare you get yourself hooked up in a dirty rumor and try to ruin what I worked hard for years? How dare you!” Mr Cooper barked pushing his chest.
Tears started streaming down his face as Mr. Cooper pushed him back, his voice growing more and more aggressive.
“Your apologies mean nothing,” Mr.
“I’m sorry….” Trace said in tears.
“Your apologies mean nothing,Find d a way to fix this mess in three days. I don’t care how you’re going to do it,I repeat three f*cking days or you should forget ever being a moonlight pitch member forever! Do you hear me?” Mr Cooper shouted.
Trace sniffled his tears which kept coming.
“Now leave! Get out of here, and get your act together!” Mr Cooper yelled, his eyes wild with rage.
Trace turned and rushed out,bumping into Kris,Cody and Ricky.
They are actually by the front door,they heard everything.
He ignored them and ran off.
“Trace wait! Wait please!” They went after him but he didn’t stoped,he ran out of the company and got into his car,driving off in a full speed.
“What should we do? What if he do something bad to himself?” Cody said worriedly.
“We should go after him!” Kris said and they immediately got into thier official car,going after Trace.
•••
<NIGHT TIME>
Trace sniffed back is tears as he scroll through the h@të comments about him on his other phone.
He actually had two,the broken one is thier official phones. He literally had everything about thier music career stored there and now he lost everything.
All he ever worked hard for.
He could hear the murmur of a group of girls walking around. He has indeed become the talk of the town.
“I’m really innocent” He sniffed.
“Isn’t that him? Trace from MP?” A girl suddenly pointed at him.
Trace wore his hoodies cap and took to his heels,he was quicky enough to loose them,he got to his car and drove off.
•••
<MP MANSION>
“What should we do? They are still plenty of them outside?” Cody said closing the window.
“Honestly I don’t know. I’m only worried about Trace,he’s still not replying to my text!” Ricky said.
“Mine too! Maybe he switched off his phone,I just hope he’s okay” Kris muttered.
Kelly scoffed and got up,he made to walk out but Kris stopped him.
“What do you think you’re doing? You can’t go out,there’s a lot of reporters outside” Kris snapped.
“What do you suggest we should do then? Just sit and f*cking watch them ruined his name? We have to do something!” Kelly yelled,he almost twist the door knob but Kris pushed him back.
“You can’t do this. Even Trace wouldn’t want this.” Kris said and Kelly scoffed and snapped his hand off his shoulder.
He made to turn the doorknob again when Ricky grabbed his arm stopping him.
Kelly glared at him.
“Let go right now.” He warned.
“I know you’re foolish, but are you really that dumb? Are going to confront the them? Who do you think you are to do that? Who’re you that they would listen to? Think with your brain, you scvm!” He yelled and Kelly punched him.
Kris gasped and immediately help staggering Ricky in motion.
“Are you crazy?!” He yelled at Kelly who was breathing heavily as he glared at Ricky.
Ricky touched his burst lips and looked at Kelly.
Kelly made to punch him again when…
“Guys look! Trace is coming!” Cody who was at the window screamed and they all ran to the window.
“What the heck! Has Trace lost it? Why would he come back right now?!”
“What do we do?”
They watched as the reporters rushed after him, likes bees.
🎤 He’s here!
🎤 Tell us Trace, is it true that you R@PED the girl?
🎤 Yes, talk to us…
🎤 How could you do that to a poor girl?
🎤 You’re the leader of band. Does the other member know of this?
🎤 Are they the same as you?
They bombarded him with questions and Trace just stood there with the lights flashing on his face and the shuttering of cameras filled his ears with the numerous questions which he couldn’t even get hold of completely.
All giving him a déjà vu.
🎤 Tell us Trace!
🎤 Say something!
🎤 You can’t betray us your fans!
🎤 What’s gonna happen to your band now? How can their leader be a rapist?
🎤 I am sure they’ll surely disband.
🎤 They will never be the same.
Immediately he heard those last slides of comments, he stopped walking.
“Who said we’re gonna disband?” He asked the girl that said that.
Ricky Kris,Kelly and Cody rushed out to the scene.
“Why? You don’t expect people to support a group who has a rapist among them. What if you’re all–“
“I didn’t R@PE her!!!” He suddenly yelled and they all flinched.
He heaved deeply,glaring at the girl.
“I didn’t R@PE the girl! And listen to me you all! I haven’t been proven guilty in court so you have no right to call me a rapist!… Three days… In three days, I’ll prove to you all that this is a lie and I’m been framed here!” He said vehemently and the girl smirked.
“And if you don’t?” She asked and Trace looked at her and swallowed a hard lump before saying.
“Then I’ll quit being a member of moonlight pitch and face wh@tëver punishment I’m given in court.” He said.
“What!” The rest of the members gasped.
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To Be Continued
