chapter 1

In a top notch office which was currently overwhelming with fear and anxiety Lara sage was handed a sack letter.

" I'm sorry, this beyond me the board members decided to kill the scandal this way." The manager of starlight modelling agency said.

This was what Lara feared the most a scandal was all it took to bring down a model like her. Who was she, a B-list model who earned little for the company. Although she had worked hard to reach this point she didn't expect her agency to keep her she was nothing. She had won awards, contracts and even covered for most A-list models. At the age of twenty three no B- list model was as accomplished as she.

Lara took up the letter and silently left the office. She was done.

She looked towards the empty secretary desk and a rush of hatred filled her heart. If she was not too trusting she won't have been in this condition in the first place. But she was too naive to believe that her closest friend could harm a hair on her head. She was foolish.

She walked down to the elevator only to be presented her worst enemy at the moment.

"Lara...". A slender young woman who was her age stepped out of the elevator.

Lara look up to her with rage visible in her eyes.

"I never thought this would happen. I..."

" You liar". Lara yelled at Melinda her supposed bestfriend who flinched. She had never seen lara so angry but in a fleeting minute Lara's eyes turned cool with anxiety. She held Melinda by her shoulders and searched for a little bit of hope in her eyes.

" Did you ever love me as a friend?.I just need your honest answer". Lara said and

Melinda looked down in defeat

"No". She said and that was all lara needed to hear. She waited for the elevator doors to open when Melinda admitted her jealousy.

"You were too good". She said turning to face Lara.

"Everything was damn too easy for you. You got the looks, the cheers, fame, riches and all I did was seat and listen to you describe the fantasy I have always wished to live in. I sat on that damn table and did all the work and all you did was stand and take photos. That was hell".

She said with bitterness in her voice. Lara turned to look at her once she stepped in the elevator.

" Too bad I was too self inclined to realize your jealousy. You acted fine to me". Lara said with a half smile.

" And since I never noticed you I doubt that the world you wish for will notice you. You will always be a shadow. A shadow that will always be forgotten and disposed as trash after use. You are insignificant". Lara said before the elevator doors closed. Melinda's face was black with bitterness that she threw her purse at the already closed elevator doors.

"I will show her that I'm better than her in many ways. This is only the beginning". She said.