Amanada holden is a successful woman who works as a judge on a famous program called Britain's got talent. She's married to Simon Cowell, another famous man. She loves her career but recently her marriage isn't going well. She's currently working on...
"For me it's...a no." Amanda said, shaking her head slightly.
She was used to these things.
That year the show wasn't been that great, at least for her.
Britain's Got Talent had been a huge success in the last few months, but for Amanda it had been a subspecies of hell.
Well, she had a lot of fun with the other judges, David and Alesha, for her very trusted friends, but Simon had not given her a break.
You should know that she and the famous English judge, Simon Cowell, got married back in 2007, just when the successful show started.
Marriage? Great . Maybe even more than the show! First of all, everywhere in England people where talking about them.
And then... the two of them were happy. Really happy. Few people know true happiness, and the two of them were part of it.
'Were', because obviously as time went on things got complicated. And you know, that's normal.
Amanda knows that very well.
2016 || February || 16
3:36am
"Simon" Amanda whispered, her voice slightly clouded by sleep.
"Siimoooonnn" the woman continued, hoping to get an answer.
She extended her arm to reach the other side of the bed, convinced she would find her dear husband sleeping next to her.
When her hand only grabbed the sheets, she realized she had no man sleeping near her, she stood up.
"Simon!" she said another time, her voice a little louder and ringing.
Unanswered, the judge scratched her eyes, gently descended from the huge double bed in which she had slept until a few seconds earlier and slipped her feet into her slippers. (Or, as she would say, 'flip flops').
With her heavy step she walked towards the living room, where she was sure to find her husband.
Without making too much noise, she cautiously approached the door frame, hearing the man's voice.
"Yeah, I get it, 9:00? Great, see you later, now I'm getting ready. No, don't worry, I don't have any special plans. I'll call you then when I'm at the airport, bye" Simon said in a very cold tone and also a little annoyed closing the phone call with his colleague.
"Who was that , dear? And why was he calling at this time of the night?" Amanda asked as she entered the room, her voice was curious and sleepy.
"It was John, he called me to tell me that tomorrow there will be an important business meeting in New York, so I have to start preparing." "In New York?? But it's a 10-hour flight, and then tomorrow is my birthday... you promised me you'd have been there, at least for my birthday." protested Amanda.
"I know, but this meeting is too important, I can't miss it, ed.. and it was a sudden thing so it's not my fault" He tried to defend himself Simon a bit annoyed, with poor results.
"Strange, very important sudden things have been happening for months now, taking you away on the other side of the planet for weeks; even more so than your friends, than your wife..." " lease, don't start complaining now, I've already told you I'm not after anything, you're just paranoid."
"Am I being paranoid? Listen , I heard you talking, you said you didn't have any special plans. You wouldn't forget that tomorrow is my birthday, would you?" Amanda said in a very angry tone.
"What?? Of course not is...ehm.. It's just that work is particularly stressful right now, and I can't afford to miss certain appointments, I'm doing it for us. I'm sorry I wouldn't be here.." He tried to justify Simon, knowing he wasn't right.
" I work too, you are not the only one here who has commitments, but I find time for others; in the past months you have left me practically always alone: at Alesha's birthday I had to go alone because you were in L.A, at my sister's wedding I went alone because you were somewhere for a meeting; even at the baptism of our godson (son of Alesha) there was only me."
"I understand, but your job is nothing compared to mine, where would we be without me? Where would you be without me? I'm the one who made you popular and rebuilt your career. You'd be nothing without me, you'd still have that whore image you earned after the scandal with Les and without even a shred of work. And deep down I understand that poor guy, I understand why he left you, you're so needy." Simon said without thinking, overturned by anger . "Enough, I'm done here." Amanda said, rushing to the bedroom almost in tears, shocked by her husband's statement. "Amanda please, wait." Simon followed her, regretting what he had just said.
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"I've had enough, I think it's time to take a break so you can think about your 'very important job'." the woman said, closing her bag where she had put clothes and other necessities.
Amanda left the house and opened the car door , threw her bag on the seat and started the engine. She looked back to see if Simon was there, but all he could see was the badly closed door of the house.
Amanda drove for about twenty minutes and then parked in a driveway that she knew well, she had decided to go to her old house, where she lived before marrying Simon and where she had lots of happy memories. She walked in and looked around, everything was like she had left It... this somehow made her feel more comfortable.
Since she was very tired, she decided to prepare the bed and go to sleep, after all it was only 5:20 in the morning, of her birthday...
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