Chapter 1177 Dignity (Part One)


    "Sorry! I''m having a blonde moment," Louisa said and started the car. She tried to control her temper


    and told herself, ''this isn''t the time or the ce. As much as I want to kick ire out of my car, she''s


    still useful to me.''


    "That''s cool. We are still friends?" Could they still be friends, after that? ire wasn''t so sure.


    Louisa and ire arrived at the studio owned by Louisa''s friend. Showing her friend her runway walk,


    ire knocked it out of the park. Her friend pped enthusiastically. "Bravo!" she said. "You have so


    much potential! Wee to the world of modeling! Now, as for the rules..." ire was now part of the


    agency, which meant she had to do everything they told her to.


    It was almost ten o''clock when Leena rolled out of bed. It was toote to fix anything for ire -- she


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    would have arranged for her own breakfast by now. But she had to check on her to see if she was


    okay. She skipped brushing her teeth and washing her face and raced downstairs. But where was


    ire? She couldn''t find her anywhere! Maybe in the study? No, not there either. It was like she''d


    vanished into thin air.


    "Where did she go? She didn''t even leave a note," Leena murmured and returned to her room to grab


    her phone. She opened her nightstand drawer, and saw her phone, in pieces, lying on a scarf. She had


    tough at her bad memory. ''Leaky like a sieve, '' she thought. She hadpletely forgotten the thugs


    had destroyed itst night. She had to get a new one as soon as possible. A cellphone was just too


    useful not to have.


    But she snapped herself out of it. ''Focus on ire, '' she thought, ''not the phone.'' She needed to figure


    out where the girl went. Although ire was an adult, she was new in town, and might head into a bad


    area and not even know it. Leena would feel terrible if something happened to her.


    She quickly dressed herself in a cardigan, printed tee, and jeans. She gathered up the pieces of the


    broken phone, in the scarf and rushed out. She had to get herself a new phone, that would be the


    fastest way to find ire. Then she could call her. She couldn''t believe howme that sounded.


    With her money, Leena could get any phone she wanted. Finally, she got a new phone easily. She


    logged into a pay app and used that. Problem solved! But right when she finished setting up the new


    phone, someone called before she could call ire. It was from Patricia. She hadn''t expected to hear


    from her. She almost fell over in surprise.


    "Hey, Patricia! Why are you calling on this bright, sunny day?" Leena said with a sad face, then opened


    the car door and threw the little phone box and herself into the car.


    "Save it! I don''t wanna talk about the weather. I finally got a hold of you. I almost thought you were


    avoiding me!" And if looks could kill Leena would have been a corpse. Patricia was glowering now,


    even though Leena couldn''t see her. ''Bad girl, you didn''t tell me you got hitched! Did you forget we''re


    besties?'' Patricia thought to herself.


    "Now hold on! If you shut up I''ll tell you. My phone was broken. I just got a new one, and that''s what


    we''re talking on now." Leena wasn''t nning on telling her the truth. In the beginning, she was


    screening her calls on purpose. She didn''t want to hear it, theining, the "why didn''t you tell me."


    But she decided to just bite the bullet and tell her.


    "Bad girl, you live life on the edge! You can''t really live without a phone, you know," Patricia snapped.


    She would never have known Leena was married if she hadn''t set her up on that blind date. Even


    worse, the guy med her for fixing him up with a married woman. Besides, the guy she married was a


    major general. There was no way he couldpete with that, and he thought she knew. Boy, she got a


    piece of her mind after the date!


    "I''ve been too busy," Leena said. Her voice was full of guilt. She wasn''t good at lying, so it sounded


    very unnatural.


    "Come on! You were busy? Stop lying! Where are you? Do you have some time today?" It sounded like


    Patricia was really upset.


    "Why? What do you have in mind?" Leena asked, getting even more tense. Her shoulders were


    hunched and she could feel them start to ache. She felt as if a dangerous person were stalking her.


    "You sound scared. If you had the guts to hide from me, you should have the guts to listen to me vent,"


    Patricia said. She was as blunt and passionate as Belinda, so she and Leena got along well.


    "Hide? I don''t know anything about that," Leena replied, sticking out her tongue. ''Girl, you want to get


    together with me so you could bitch me out? No way! Not happening!'' Leena thought to herself.


    "Fine. Go on! Keep pretending! What? Do you have Alzheimer''s now? Do you need me to help remind


    you what you''ve done?" Patricia said, then snatched up the car keys and rushed out the door. She


    wanted details. She was going to grill Leena about her wedding.


    "No, thanks. I''m too weak to fight about it. I''m not disabled," Leena replied, looking miserable. Anyway,


    she knew that she couldn''t get out of this.


    "That''s the spirit! So, my ce or yours? Choose, or I''ll choose for you!" Patricia teased, sitting in her


    car calmly and waiting for the answer.