She reached out to me.

Repeatedly.

In my inbox.

It was a cry for help.

". Hello, Kyrian. I see you are a filmmaker and a writer. I am an actress and I will really do love to work with you. I have come to one or two of your movie auditions, but unfortunately, I wasn't picked.

Kyrian, please, tell me what it takes and I will do it. I am a good actress. Check the videos these are the job I have done. I promised I will do it."

A few weeks I saw the messages.

I read through, watched the clips, and apologized for responding late.

Before I typed.

"I just watched the short clips you sent. You are a wonderful actress and thank you for reaching out to me. But currently, everyone is trying to balance during this pandemic era, if something comes up I will hit you up."

"Thank you so much and thank you for responding. I really do appreciate it."

"You are welcome."

Nearly three weeks later.

She sent another message.

"Mr. Kyrian, I don't mean to disturb you, I just feel to remind you again about what we discussed earlier.

I am tired of staying at home. Give me a movie job or recommend me to your colleagues let me act, please. No matter the kind of acting, I will do it. I just want to be leaving the house."

I read through.

Felt for her and still told her when anything comes up I will reach out to her.

Fortunately, two weeks later.

I got a call.

To be a head writer of some certain production and the assistant director.

After the round table script conference filled with august company,

where I also told them I have someone who can interpret the lead character since the known faces are going to play the subordinates.

I showed them her video clips she sent to me from the movies she had acted.

They were impressed and the Executive Producer asked me to

please contact her for the roles.

I was thrilled, too.

I made huge changes in the scripts that took me two weeks when I was done. I reached out to her.

"Hi. Nice to speak with you again. There is a job coming. A series. We want you to play the lead character amidst the

celebrities we are using? Can you do it? Would you be okay to be on set for a maximum of three weeks we are shooting?"

She came online after a few minutes and read through.

She replied.

"Wow. Yes, yes, I can. What am I doing at home? Yes,

I am fully interested when is it taking place?"

"We're shooting, soon..."

I gave her a call-up date.

The day came.

Script rehearsal began. A two days rehearsal.

She was exceptionally good outshining some of the known actors on set.

Shoot began.

Everything was smooth.

Four days later after we started shooting.

We were all taking a break that night in our various lodge.

When her text message came in.

"... I am sorry I cannot be able to continue with your production."

My heart thumped when I saw the message.

I quickly placed a call to her.

No response.

I called.

She wasn't picking.

I quickly reached out to my team, they saw her message.

We were meant to shoot that night and she was the lead actress for crying out loud, which she had already begun doing.

The jobs were saved on the hard drives and the editor

had already started editing them. Meaning, that no possible way we could change her.

Meaning that, if she stopped the shoot the project was as good as dead and money wasted because we couldn't replace her.

We called and called her.

But then finally, someone picked.

A man.

We introduced ourselves.

I told him that we need to speak with the owner of the phone.

He said three words.

"She is sleeping."

We pleaded.

It's urgent.

Finally, the phone was given to her.

The production manager said.

"What happened? Why did you leave the set without informing anybody not even informing me the PM.."

She said.

"The guy you guys first spoke with refused me to continue with the production. He is my boyfriend."

The producer of the job said.

"I don't understand.

We have already started this job now and we can't change you anymore. You told us that no matter what it takes you will finish this job. Why would you say that your boyfriend said you shouldn't act?"

She spoke.

"I have been begging him, he refused. He said he is not

Comfortable with the men in the production that they are all handsome including the celebrity ones, he can't afford to lose me. He said the production is mostly filled with men."

I shook my head.

Since the phone was on loudspeaker I spoke.

"Can we speak to your boyfriend?"

She said in the background.

"Honey, they want to speak with you."

We heard his voice.

"I am not speaking with anybody, you are not leaving this house, that's what I know."

The director spoke.

"Bro, we know you can hear us, but let's tell you something.

We have started this job with your girlfriend and if she doesn't finish this job, the money we invested in this production is good as wasted because if we start to replace her we have to start afresh and we don't have that money. We have spent not less than 2M like this.

So please help us. Nobody is snatching your girlfriend from you. Let's just do this like mature men. You can even come to watch her if you are not comfortable leaving her all alone here."

No response.

The lady said in the background.

"Honey, please."

He yelled.

"I said you are not leaving this house! You went for a shoot you didn't tell me. I found out myself. If you go back to that set just know that you are not coming back to the house again. From there go back to your village. Idiot."

The lady said to us over the phone.

"I am sorry there's nothing I can do. My boyfriend has spoken. Please, you guys should try and use someone else."

She hung up.

Everybody was weak.

The executive producer was already irate, he couldn't believe it.

And the whole blame was all on me.

Who brought her in the first place.

.

Iju

Kyrian Chiemelie Offor

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