CHAPTER 2

'You are my obsession' Agatha said as she wiped her tears.

Talia immediately turned towards Agatha and hugged her as she continued shedding tears.

'This is the first time we met. I was auditioning for a romance film and you were one of the judges. Unfortunately, I wasn't picked and I was devastated. I felt like a failure. I stayed outside the theatre door weeping till evening when you came out and started having a conversation with me. You gave me a hope and I slowly fell in love with you. You made me realize that I could sing and after my dad's death. You took me to a music school and now I am in the process of opening my own music studio' said Talia in a pellucid voice as she dropped her handbag on the floor.

'Yes Talia! Who wouldn't resist a smart and beautiful girl like you?' said Agatha.

Agatha immediately stopped hugging Talia and touched her left arm to feel her veins and her heart pounding. She did it five years ago since she wanted to determine whether Talia really loved her or it was just an illusion. Agatha felt exactly how she felt five years ago. She knew that Talia was still in love but she couldn't understand the main reason why she was getting married.

Talia's phone rang from her handbag at that instant. Talia quickly removed her hand and picked the phone call as she immediately left. Agatha watched her leave as she scratched her hair and felt like she had lost and she was never going to win again.

Agatha worked on her own schedule. She knew that she had an hour to have a proper conversation and cuddle with Talia. It was ten minutes left for her to put on her work clothes and go to work since she had a film to direct. Agatha quickly went to her room. She opened her closet and all the clothes she wanted to wear reminded her of the memories she had with Talia three years ago before she left. Agatha immediately took her phone and opened the pinterest app where she wanted to select fashionable dress which she was going to purchase on her way to work. She chose a state of nature revealing casual dress and ordered her chauffer to take her to the shop at that instant.

She wore the revealing dress and quickly rushed to the location where they were shooting the film and she was the ultimate director. She was the best. Thousands and thousands of people wanted her to direct their films but she always went to the ones with the highest payable salary.

This was going to be her first day in the film 'THE SWEET WIFE'. Agatha entered the house and slowly walkway to the couch where she sat. Everybody looked at her in awe which astonished Agatha. She had luckily forgotten to hide the tattoo which she had drawn two years ago when she felt she had terribly missed Talia and couldn't do anything about it since they had both agreed that they we never going to see each other till after three years when Talia had graduated from her music school. The tattoo contained the picture and name of Talia. At that instant, Talia immediately entered the house. Agatha stared at her seductively as she entered the house to an extent that she almost undressed her. She was holding a child's arm and shyly went and sat further away from Agatha before the set was set to begin.

The producer immediately snapped at Agatha. She felt that her mind had been lost in wonders.

'My name is producer Alani and I am going to make the opening remarks to our film 'THE SWEET WIFE'. I am afraid to say that we have made a few changes regarding the cast. Miss Talia Anita will be our new cast who will be playing the role wife to our able editor Miss Agatha Kadiri' said Alani.

Agatha angrily stood from her chair and left the house. She promptly went to her car and opened the gliding door of the car as she sat and heaved a sigh of relief. She looked around in disgust. She didn't have to wonder how a new person in the industry just landed in town and got a role immediately after her graduation? It how the town was. They valued people who have graduated and had money more than those who had the talent in her town.

Talia quickly followed her holding the child's arm. She removed handkerchief from her pocket and wiped Agatha's sweat.

'What did you do to get that role faster?' Agatha asked Talia.

'I emailed my monologue and cv while I was still out of town' said Talia in a pellucid voice.

'Who is this baby?' asked Agatha.

'She is part of the cast. She's my friend's child. I….I hope you are going to be alright. You can keep the handkerchief. I am going back inside' said Talia as she went back into the house.

Agatha took the handkerchief and smelt it like the sweet scent of a perfume. It brought her back to the old memories five years ago where she met Talia devastated gave her handkerchief. It was a similar one to that one.

This drove Agatha insane. She couldn't believe that Talia had kept the handkerchief for five good years and had just returned to her. Did this really mean that she had meant when she said it was the end of their relationship? Agatha quickly stood from her car and ordered her chauffer to close the gliding door of the car. She quickly went back to the house but it was too late to have a proper conversation with Talia. She had began brushing off through the script and the set design had began her work. Everybody was busy and were just waiting for her to begin directing the film. She continued walking as she looked around staring at Talia till she suddenly fell off in the middle of the ground.

Talia quickly looked at her but was astonished to see her face and name on Agatha's thighs as a tattoo. She widened her eyes in disbelief and at the same time scared that people would begin to speak about it.