Tonight is the premiere of Queen of Clubs, finally. It seems like it took forever to get here, but we made it. I managed to get the movie filmed but I wasn’t the same after the kidnapping. How could I be? Slowly but surely Adam healed me when I couldn’t heal myself. His love made me forget everything that happened to me and it made me realize that it could have been so much worse. My wounds have healed but my scars remind me everyday that I survived. I more than survived. I thrived. I did things I never thought I could do or would have to do. I’m an actress for God’s sake, but I’ve killed men who needed to be killed and I can’t bring myself to be sorry about that.
Lottie Mae became an outlet for me. I channeled everything into my performance and tonight the world gets to see it. Adam is holding my hand. Tonight, we make our relationship “official” despite being married with our three month old, Tara Scarlett, at home with the nanny. I do love Gone With the Wind. We managed to keep our relationship secret for damn near two years. Once we began filming, it took two months to get it all, but after being gone and production halted for a few months, Adam needed this movie to be perfect. We did several reshoots, but he was finally satisfied with the finished product.
“You ready?” he asks, leaning down to whisper in my ear. The feel of his hot breath on my skin sets me on fire.
“You bet.” I reply.
I thought I knew what I wanted in life. I wanted a bad boy but I got a bad ass man instead. A man who loves me so fiercely that he loved me before he met me. I loved him as soon as I met him. How could I not? The way he touches me, the way he holds me, the way he reveres me. I never thought love like this was possible, but it is.
“Evie, over here,” Annabeth Hogan, a reporter for Amazon News, calls my attention to her.
“Hey Annabeth,” I reply after stopping in front of her.
“Who are you wearing?” she asks, and I grin huge. Normally, I’d hate a question like this, but I want everyone to know about Migan.
“Migan Jorgensen. Migenjorgensen.com.”
“Very good. You do look beautiful. In other news, how are you doing? You know, after everything?”
“Better than ever,” I reply, honestly.
“Is that true?” I hear from behind me. I turn to find my parents standing there. I haven’t seen my mother since the day I left for Texas. The fact that she’s standing outside the Galaxy Cinema 6 in Deacon in a ball gown surprises the hell out of me.
“Mom? Dad?” I ask, rushing over to them.
“Baby,” my mom says pulling me into her arms. Instantly, I am transferrdd back to when I was a little girl, before the drinking.
“Mom? What are you doing here?”
“I’m clean and sober,” she whispers. “One year. After what happened to you happened, I had to. I had to get right again.”
“I’m proud of you, Mom. Really proud.”
“And I’m proud of you too.” Words I’ve always wanted to hear from this woman and it feels just as good as I thought it would. She was my first ideal of perfection. Impossible to achieve perfection.
“Thank you,” I say and Adam clears his throat behind me. “Mom, Dad, this is my husband, Adam.”
“It’s nice to see you again, under better circumstances,” Adam says.
Before I can say a word, flashes go off and every reporter is shouting at us. It dawns on me that they must of met while I was missing.
“Husband? Did you say husband?”
“I did.”
“When?”
“August 21st, 2022.”
“Two Years ago?”
“Yep,” I say laughing.
“Enjoy the film, guys. We should be taking our seats. You’ll join us?” Adam asks my parents. “We can catch up after.”
“Oh. Shit. Dad, this movie might not be for you,” I say remembering the many, many loves scenes I filmed.
“I’ve been warned. I’ll close my eyes,” he says chuckling.
“He broke up with Kyra,” mom whispers to me as we walk the rest of the red carpet. “He’s been faithful since I went to rehab. Apparently, I was a mega bitch to everyone, including him. I almost ruined my marriage. We both did things, but nothing is unforgivable when you are in love.” I don’t believe that all. Once you stick your dick in another woman, all bets are off but thankfully, I know I don’t have to worry about that when it comes to Adam.
“Oh. Good.” She wraps her arm in mine and I lead her into the movie.
February 2024
We are on yet another red carpet and Queen of Clubs is nominated for fifteen awards tonight. We already won two at last night’s tech awards. Fifteen including the big three. I am so freaking nervous but it’s an honor just to be nominated. The Weeknd just won for his song from the movie “Let Me In” which has been my jam for months now. It’s so freaking good.