"Miss Angela, do you plan to return to classical music after a few months off and suddenly appearing at a concert in honor of Madam Jacqueline Dupree and also as principal cellist in the Elgar Violin Concerto? the road?"
"Miss Angela, what do you think of Ms. Jacqueline, I heard that you hate that biographical film very much, is that so?"
"Miss Angela, the audience is full of praise for your performance. Do you think you will be the second Jacqueline?"
In the face of countless microphones, recorders, and flashes, Angela tried her best to keep smiling, but walked to the RV that had been parked on the street surrounded by bodyguards without saying a word. Of course, reporters will not let her go so easily. This is Angela's first official public appearance after winning the Oscar for best director. The news value is self-evident.
For a time, everyone wanted to get as close to Angela as possible, and the crowding made the scene chaotic, and the short distance from the exit of the concert hall to the RV on the street became like a moat. Fortunately, Angela's bodyguards are very conscientious, and there are enough of them—there are still six people to protect her before returning to the United States—so after a lot of hard work, Angela finally broke out of the siege and got in as soon as the waiter opened the car door. .
"These guys are terrible." Angela sighed softly on the seat.
"Really, how scary?" Natalie, who was waiting in the car early, asked coldly.
Angela was stunned and couldn't help but let out a wry smile, the disaster - well, the word trouble may be more appropriate - now it has just begun. At first she planned to take advantage of the concert before it was over. Let the bodyguards prepare ordinary cars to slip away through the side door. Even if a reporter with a keen sense of smell finds out, they will not be able to surround her for the first time because they have lost the opportunity, but...
"I thought you should have relevant experience." Angela gave her a careful look.
"Just get used to it." Jessica, who was sitting next to her, said comfortably, and then she thought of something and became a little embarrassed, and gestured to explain: "I mean, I mean, you have... You have... "
"Don't worry, it's nothing, I'm just complaining habitually." Angie hurriedly made a pause gesture, and at the same time, she became more and more puzzled, why did Jesse become like this? Of course, this doesn't mean that Jesse is different from before, although this is the first official meeting in three years, and even though we have been together for less than an hour, Angela can still see that she is still the gentle and sweet Jesse. It's just... just... it's a little bit...
"Yeah, it's just a habit of complaining." Kate, who was sitting opposite Natalie, spoke again. Since Angela got in the car, she had crossed her legs and looked out of the car window with an absent-minded look, and now she finally turned her head. Lai But after a short sentence, he pursed his lips into a line, and glanced at the car from time to time.
Angela could only smile bitterly in her heart, and she recalled the scene in the lounge at that time. Except for Alizee, who was watching the play, the four of them kept their positions all the time, and those who swept their eyes moved away as soon as they made contact. This strange atmosphere continued for a long time until the appearance of the orchestra conductor John Smith and others.
"Miss Angela, your performance is really..." Excited John Smith stopped after half a sentence, then looked at Jesse and Natalie in the room for unknown reasons, "Who are these two?"
"My friends," Angela replied quickly, "they, like Kate, are one of the few people who know I'll be playing at the concert, so they've come here to cheer. It's my assistant Ellie. Jie brought them backstage, probably they thought my performance was not bad."
"It's not just good, it's simply outstanding." John was immediately drawn back by the topic.
"It's true, I didn't expect to hear a cello as good as Jacqueline," said Alan next to him with admiration.
Following that, several people began to communicate about the previous "Elgar Violin Concerto", while Kate, Jessica, and Natalie, who couldn't speak, listened quietly beside them. Although Angela was relieved because John and the others got rid of the embarrassing atmosphere, it always felt a little strange to see them by her side without saying a word. After taking time to think about it, she secretly did it to Alizee. gesture.
Lily understood what Angela meant, and didn't know what she said to the three of them, so she took them away smoothly. However, after she came back and Angela planned to leave, she told Angela to arrange Kate and the others in the RV and waited to leave together. Although Angela glared at her for a long time, she could only accept this arrangement in the end. Surrounded by bodyguards, she squeezed into the RV from the reporter's siege report and left.
Damn, if Lily is in front of me now and there is no one else, I must take care of her! Angela said angrily in her heart. But on second thought, this is probably what Lily had planned long ago, otherwise how could she have arranged for Kate, Jesse and Natalie to share the car with her
She glanced around secretly, Kate lowered her eyelids and still looked absent-minded, Jessica was always hesitant to look at what she wanted to say, but she didn't dare to say anything, and Natalie covered her mouth not knowing where she was. Thinking of something, although his eyes were looking out of the car window, his ears were obviously erect.
Angela couldn't help but sighed with a wry smile in her heart, Kate returned to her previous state of detachment, Jesse still couldn't hide what was on her mind, and Nat... didn't know what she was thinking at all.
What is this all about? Although I have decided to sincerely apologize to them, and even have the idea of not having contact in the future, it shouldn't be like this... Suddenly appearing in front of them all at once!
Reaching out and rubbing lightly on her face, Angela coughed dryly to break the dullness in the car: "Then, I..."
Regrettably, the phone rang just after she sent out two syllables. Angela smiled reluctantly while the three pairs of eyes watched, took out the phone and twitched the corner of her mouth to make an apologetic gesture to them: "Phone, grandpa Yes, I have to take it."
She embarrassedly pressed the answer button and brought the phone to her ear, then turned to avoid Kate and the others.
"Hi, Grandpa... Yes, I'm on my way back to the hotel... Thanks for the compliment, it's just an exception, it doesn't mean I'm really that high... Thanks, I will, I promise... Oh, please , Grandpa, it's because I'm on vacation... Well, if you don't feel right, how about waiting a few days for me to apologize to you in person? Hey, hey, how can you say that to me... Well, that's it, see you in a few days ." After finishing the call, Angela let out a long sigh, thinking of her grandfather's joking words, she couldn't help but chuckle twice.
But she quickly realized where she was, and hurriedly covered her mouth and looked around, but Kate, Jessica, and Natalie didn't seem to hear it, absent-mindedly thinking about her own business.
Angela barely squeezed out a smile, and when her grandfather interrupted her like this, she didn't know what to say. Looking at the street scene outside, she calmed down and asked this question after a long while: "I'll be at the hotel soon. After I get off the bus, I'll ask the driver to take you back. By the way, which hotel are you staying at now?"
"The Claridge Hotel." Natalie and Jessica answered almost in unison.
Following their strange glances at each other, Angela's mouth twitched several times. After a few minutes, she said with a smile, "Well... It's a coincidence that we... actually live in the same hotel."
Following, Angela peeked at Kate subconsciously, the other party pursed his lips and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking. Damn Lily, what the hell have you done!
The RV quickly stopped at the gate of the Claridge Hotel. The media who heard the wind had already blocked the place. Angela had to get out of the car first so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
"Then, I'll leave first, I live in room 1207, if... " Angela smirked and made a few gestures, she didn't know if they understood it, in fact she didn't even know what she wanted to express .
"I live in room 1106." Just as Angela was about to open the car door, Jessica suddenly bit her lip and said with courage, "Just... right below you... "
Natalie's face changed slightly, and after a few seconds of hesitation, she said briefly, "I'm at number 1105."
The expressionless Kate snorted softly at this time, while Angela's hands trembled slightly - of course, she still kept the indescribable smirk on her face: "Well... not bad, very good, both. downstairs."
Then, she left the RV as if she was running away. Fortunately, the conditioned reflex that she had developed for a long time helped her, and she became calm as soon as she appeared in front of the camera. The bodyguards in place have separated the crowd well, and the gate and the car door are not as far apart as the concert hall, so Angela, who ignored the reporter's question, quickly walked into the lobby.
After a long sigh of relief, after waiting for a few minutes for Alizee to come in, the two walked to the elevator together. Everything was said along the way, and it wasn't until outside the suite that Angela opened the door and said, "Come in."
"Jack and I still have something to discuss, about the recent..." Alizee flipped through the document in her hand.
"I said, come in!" Angela said almost gritted her teeth.
Alizee, who stopped reading, raised her head and stared blankly at her for a few minutes, then spread her hands and shrugged: "Okay, as you wish."
The two walked into the room one after the other, and after the sound of the door closing reached her ears, Angela folded her arms and took a deep breath, then turned around and looked at Alize seriously: "What's going on? thing?"
"What's going on?" Alizee looked puzzled.
"You know what I'm talking about!" Angela stared at her face and wanted to see something, but it was a pity that in the face of Alizee, who had no emotions, she was accustomed to the expressionless person who looked at everything. not come out.
"Sorry, I really don't know what you mean. I hope you can express it more accurately. If you don't make it clear, no one will know what you are talking about." Alizee raised her chin slightly. Saying so to Angela.
"Okay, okay, don't change the subject!" Angela hurriedly raised her hands, and a frustration came to her mind. But she immediately realized the opponent's strategy, and then put her hands on her hips in front of Alizee, looked down with her height advantage, and said, "Don't be like this 'thinking about him'! You know very well, what I asked. Yes, why Kate... Well, Kate has been practicing the cello with me all this time, and I gave her the tickets, but! Why are Jesse and Nat here, at the concert, in the backstage in the lounge!"
Seeing that Alizee opened her mouth to say something, Angela added: "Don't try to get rid of yourself, everyone sees that you brought Nat to the lounge!"
"Is there a problem?" Alizee asked lightly, as if she wouldn't be surprised if the Tower of London collapsed in front of her.
"What's the problem?" Angela asked repeatedly, rather angrily, she started walking around the room aimlessly, clenching her fists and wanting to grab Lily and beat her hard. consciousness.
"Of course, or are you still afraid to face them? Or this month's vacation or even the previous ones have left you immersed in self-pity?" Alizee asked bluntly, "I thought you already had changed."
"Hey hey, of course I have changed. I have decided to apologize and repent to them." Angela waved her fists angrily, "But it shouldn't be like this, the three of them appear in front of them together."
"So what?" Alizee's tone was still calm.
"So what? Then I'd feel weird, I wouldn't know who to talk to, and mess things up like before!" Angela gritted her teeth.
"After all, you're still scared, aren't you?" Alizee said sarcastically.
"Who... Who said I'm scared!" Angela jumped up as if stabbed by a needle, and glared at Alizee.
Alizee didn't dig further on this topic, but just shrugged: "Since everything starts with the four of you meeting, it should naturally end with the four of you meeting."
Without waiting for Angela to answer, she turned around and walked towards the door: "I'm leaving, I'll call you if something happens."
Angela stared blankly at Lily walking to the door, suddenly rushed over and hugged her tightly from behind, and asked through gritted teeth again, "Tell me honestly, what did you do? Why did Jesse and Nat come to the music? Yes?! And Kate said that Jo and Rachel had approached her, what role did you play in that?!"
"Aren't you going to ask them yourself, Miss Angel?" Alizee turned her head back and hummed.
"I want you to tell me, so that I can take the lead!" Angela said and added fiercely: "If you dare to refuse, then I will be welcome to you!"