Everybody looked at Leah incredulously. Mina was fazed....her face unreadable. The manager was the first to get his voice back.
"Excuse me, Miss Juarez?", he said who was imagining Leah to start dancing out of joy, "That is no way to...."
"She doesn't mean it, of course", said Mrs Hudson.
"Yeah I do", Leah thought inside . Then she turned to face her audience ," So basically, you expect me to believe that you randomly decided to select a scriptwriter from a random ass school in a movie starring Mina. I'd be more likely to believe that unicorns were spotted in the principal's office. "
"You have quite a creative mind , I must say", Mina acknowledged ," But we're not lying".
"What are the odds tgat you turn out to be a child trafficker?", Leah fired.
"You think your body parts would be more expensive than mine?", said Mina, a slight smile appearing on her face.
"Well can't they sell both of us?", said Leah.
Mina burst out laughing. Turning to her manager, she added ,"At this point, I can't convince her. We should go back and tell Aria that we tried".
Aria was another supermodel, known for her excellent acting skills and behaviour problems.
"We are not child traffickers, kidnappers, murderers or anything of that sort. Aria recently saw your social media account where you mentioned that most of the actresses do drugs and heavy loads of makeup to be what they are. She was quite impressed and requested me to ask you if you would like to be casted", said Mina ," And it will be my responsibility that you get a hood salary and proper security at our shooting place".
"How much salary?", said Leah, her ears suddenly perked up.
" Two thousand dollars for every episode you do",said Mina, matter-of-factly.
"I mean at that cost, I wouldn't mind being trafficked ", said Leah, introgued.
"We are going to get along so well", said Mina, smiling again.
"Is that a yes I heard?", said the manager, immediately plunging his hand inside his bag and taking out a contract.
"I'd like to read the contract though", said Leah, a little skeptical.
"Dont worry we'll stand here for as long as you want ", said Mina.
So, within five minutes, after a lot of ' Hurry ups' from the manager and 'I am so happy for you' from Mrs Hudson, the contract was signed.
"You must pack quickly. All the basic necessities will already be there so no need to take them. If there is something or someone you want to meet, it must be done immediately. The flight leaves in six hours", said the manager in a monotonous voice.
"Cancel it and make it next morning" said Mina, firmly watching Leah's expression ," Dont worry , take your time".
"We will make arrangements to meet your parents as soon as we can", continued the manager.
"They're dead. Dont worry", said Leah with no emotion.
"Oh I am sorry," said Mina.
"Don't be. It's been quite a lot of years ", said Leah, "And my legal guardian is my aunt who you will find at the cheap bar at the outskirts. That's mostly where she's passed out. It wont be hard to get a signature".
"You can get going, now. We will pick you up from the school at 5 am tomorrow. Be there".
Then he turned to Mina. "Your schedule's packed for lunch. We'll be visiting the mayor's son. At four, you have to attend a charity event and at eight, back in the hotel,no late night travels", he said , in the most boring voice.
"I want a good manager too", said Leah.
"Don't worry we'll arrange a hot dashing 6 feet boy for you", said Mina , who was about to open the door only to see her path blocked by Mrs Hudson.
"What?"
"Can I gave an autograph?"
"She must have been busting to say that the whole tome", thought Leah as she smiled to herself.