A Lifetime With You

Chapter 57

Chapter 57
But, what did Kelly and Selden have to do with her?
She felt helpless and resentful of the blame that befell her, and she hadn’t even had the chance to explain herself.
The next day.
As everyone had arrived at the studio to prepare the day’s shoots, it was suddenly announced that Kelly had fallen sick. She was unable to attend the filming. “What’s going on? Miss Hensley seemed just fine yesterday?” Without the main actress, there would be no way to continue the filming. As Ava was liaising with the staff to postpone the filming, she was told, “Kelly has to start shooting for the movie immediately afterwards, so the schedule will be very tight and we won’t have time to film the trailer.” “So what are we gonna do now? We’ve done all the preparation already!” “Didn’t we already get some shots yesterday? Let’s just find a body-double, and sew the shots together in post-production editing.” This was simply too much to ask, even for a skilled producer! Seeing as everyone’s efforts in spending the whole night for preparation had gone down the drain, Ava then decided to personally pay a visit to Kelly at the hospital and discuss plans for the remaining shots. Little did she expect to find Kelly was sitting in a hospital bed. She was happily munching popcorn and looking healthy as a horse! Was she really sick? “Miss Hensley, I heard that you are unwell and so I’ve come to visit you on behalf of all the crew members.” Ava placed the gift basket on the table by the entrance.

Kelly’s joy faded upon seeing Ava. “What are you doing here?” “Well, if you’re really ill, then I’m here to visit; but if you’re almost recovered, I guess I would like to discuss the next filming session with you.” “I don’t want to see you, get out!” Kelly started sulking. Ava said politely, “Miss Hensley, I don’t mind if you want to be rude to me, but this is business that we’re talking about, so we should act professionally.” “Alright, I’m telling you professionally now. The deal is off!”
Ava was deeply embarrassed by Kelly’s words. For the sake of the company, Ava forced a smile and replied, “Miss Hensley, the deal between my company and your agency is a signed and sealed contract, you can’t simply walk out on us.” “If it’s just a matter of paying compensation, then so be it! Ava Nagel, who do you think you are to lecture me like this?”
“Behave yourself, Kelly!” A voice boomed from the ward entrance.
Selden had clearly overheard their conversation, and he seemed upset. Kelly turned to face him and asked, “What are you doing here?” “I heard from a colleague that my ex-girlfriend has been hospitalized, so I came just to see if you’ve died already.” Ava walked over and quietly pulled Selden aside, motioning him to speak in a more civilized manner. Kelly snorted disdainfully, “Did you really come to see me or is it because you heard that Ava was here too and you wanted to come to her rescue?” “Shut up, Kelly!” “Why should I shut up? It’s you who doesn’t have an ounce of impulse control. You couldn’t even refrain from cheating on me, you sc*mbag!” Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Ava wasn’t sure what to say to defuse the situation since she had no idea of what they were talking about. Selden said warmly to her, “Ava, you should head back first, I think your visitation is wasted on Kelly since she’s not really sick after all.”
Ava nodded. As the saying went, the saint had difficulties in settling family matters. As she was no saint herself, she chose to slip away from the scene.
As she exited the ward, she could hear Ava’s shrill voice even from the hallway, “Selden Oakley! You’re a no-good son of bitch!”
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