1 Chapter 1: Downfall

"Cut!! Alright, It's 10 pm! We finished shooting on time. That's a wrap everyone! Good work!"

Everyone on the set cheered loud and clear as they finally packed things up. The female lead of the film excitedly walked towards Diana with her phone in her hand.

"Director Diana! Can I have your number?" She hands her phone to Diana.

"Well... sure, no problem" Diana takes the phone and puts her number with a smile.

"I’m glad that I get to work with you."

"Same here, it was fun. I hope that we could work in the future as well."

The actress brightens up and receives back her phone as she cheerfully thanked Diana, "Thank you very much~"

As the actress was out of Diana's sight, Diana's expression felt tired. She sat down for a moment when the people who were packing things dazed her, causing her to remember the bills and debt she has to pay and other personal problems that she had to solve.

Suddenly, her phone rang a couple of times beside her but she couldn't hear it as it was in silent mode. After a few moments, she gets up from her seat and packs all her things in her bag while she sighs inside deeply and walks out of the building.

As she waits for her bus at the bus stop, there were old ladies beside her who kept talking loudly so Diana had no choice as she listened to their discussion.

"How unfortunate..."

The woman sighs, "She's pitiful. Look, she's a divorced woman who's living in a cramped house with her one and only daughter who's rarely at home! And now she was even hit by a car!!"

Diana scoffed as she heard their talk, she also thought about how pitiful the woman was and blamed the child for leaving the woman alone.

"I also heard that she's been sick ever since her divorce. Well, I just hope Marissa recovers soon... "

Marissa...?

"I hope so... By the way, does the daughter know that her mother is at the hospital right now?"

"I don't think so... because before I left, the nurses tried to call her many times but no one answered."

"Wow, doesn't she care? Is she that famous?"

"I don't know but I suppose everyone knows her in their industry. If I was right, she's a director."

Diana's eyes suddenly widen from shock as she faced them. She had no doubt that the old ladies were talking about her, "Where is she?!"

The ladies were startled and were a bit hesitant to say it but after Diana claimed that she was the daughter, they immediately told her, "Where were you?! Your mother is at the nearby hospital next to an entertainment building, she's with her other friend but they couldn't push the surgery because there was no family member to approve."

Diana rushed right away to the hospital with her two delicate legs and as soon as she arrived, she gasped heavily while she asked her mother's whereabouts.

"Where's my mother?!?"

A nurse with a phone in her hand saw Diana frantically asking the staff about her mother and so she approached Diana, "Are you perhaps Diana Linden?"

"Yes! I'm Marissa's daughter... Where's mom?" Diana asked with her lips and hands trembling, afraid of knowing her condition.

"Please follow me, the doctor will tell you the details."

From the tone of the nurse, Diana had a bad feeling as she felt hesitant and tried to think positively but while she had a discussion with the doctor, her heart sank to the lowest.

"Miss Diana, I'm sorry..."

Diana felt her world breaking apart as she slumped down the floor. The doctor crouched down and gently patted her hand as he tried to give her courage, "Don't blame yourself... because your mother did her best and lived longer even with her rare sickness. Please live to the fullest."

With one last pat, the doctor walks away and gave her space to let out her feelings then called out the nurse to look after Diana.

But Diana suddenly stood up heavily and quickly paid the hospital bills with no emotion. She goes home without speaking to anyone as her whole body felt weary.

However, as she entered her house, tears fell out from her eyes down to her cheeks like a waterfall. She crouched down with her hands over her face and cried loudly as she could. She didn't care if it would disturb other neighbors since all she could think of is her mother's death.

She cried all night until sunrise.