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Sunny was sitting at her vanity, putting on her jewellery when she heard her boyfriend come into the room. He came up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders as if he were about to massage them, but she shrugged them off almost instantly.
“What’s wrong?”
“You should know what.” She shot back, standing up and taking her blazer off of its hanger, putting it on as she left the room. Her heels clacked loudly against the floor as she made her way through the house.
“Wait, are you mad at me?” She scoffed and rolled her eyes at his obliviousness.
“What do you think?”
“At least tell me why.”
“Figure it out yourself. I’m going to my brother’s” Those were her final words to him before she slammed the door shut and walked to her brother’s house, hoping to catch him and Eva before they left.
︵ ⊹ ︵⏜︵ ⊹ ︵୨ Dinner ୧︵ ⊹ ︵⏜︵ ⊹ ︵
As she got out of the car with her brother and Eva, she acknowledged the presence of the paparazzi with a quick bow of her head and a small wave before shielding her eyes from the camera flashes and walking with only her final destination in mind. She tried to block out the things they were saying but some questions still caught her ear.
“Sunny, why didn’t you arrive with Nacho?”
“Sunny, over here! How did Santiago respond to your collaboration with Saint?”
“Your fans are wondering when you’re going to release your next album, is there anything you can tell us about that?”
She wanted to fire back ‘never’ just to shut them up but she much preferred her strategy of keeping her gaze down and saying nothing to them. This was how she had been instructed to behave around paparazzi during her time with Cloud9 and she continued to use it because it felt familiar and it worked. She would also be lying. She had never intended to take this long a break. This was the longest she had gone without releasing music in more than 10 years and it felt strange. She just hadn’t felt up to it after Emilio disappeared and Matias died.
They finally escaped the paparazzi as they climbed the stairs onto the vessel. Once they were on board, Sunny marvelled at the splendour of not only the venue but also the gorgeous fashions of the guests. If anything, the residents of Beverly Shores knew how to dress to impress. She watched the ocean as she followed her brother to where Winslie was sitting. When they got closer, they discovered that they had all been assigned seats around the woman, with Sunny being sat across from her. She smiled, greeting Winslie as the group got caught up. She smiled at their teasing her about her hypothetical next album but as soon as she felt herself settling into the environment, she heard a voice that made her tense up. One she had been starting to doubt she would ever hear again until Santiago had sent her a trailer for the latest film starring Emilio De La Cruz. A film that neither of them knew was being made.
“Hope someone saved a seat for me?”
Sunny glared at Emiliano as he sat down, greeting both her and Santiago as if it had only been days since they had last seen him. She watched Santi out of the corner of her eye, deciding that she would wait to see how he reacted and then follow his lead.
“We’ve got a lot to catch up on, Emilio…Maybe over some drinks, so I’ll go find a waiter. You can join me if you want.”
She watched as Santiago stood up and walked away. She excused herself seconds later, following her eldest brother. She didn’t want to stay with Emilio without him and she also didn’t think Santi should be alone right now. She followed him to the inside of the boat, walking past servers leaving the room. She approached him calmly, putting her hand gently on his arm as a sympathetic gesture.
“Emilio’s an a*s.” She said as she leaned against him. She wasn’t sure if it would make him feel any better but she definitely felt better saying it. No matter what happened, they shouldn’t have found out about him coming back at the same time as everyone else. Yet she deliberately used his stage name, as if it was Emilio the actor who did this to them and not Emiliano their brother.
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@Kristi - Emilio
@raviola - Santiago
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@CerealKiller - Francisco
@sunflowerjm - Eva
@Madilfill - Winslie