Chapter 30

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I left the house, letting Liam with the babysitter, spending their day together while I go to work. After some hours at the Starbucks and some at the Inkonica agency, I visit my mom who's not going well at all.

I try to stay the longer I can but I have to come back home with Liam. I still have about 2 weeks to earn the money for my mom's surgery so I can't miss any moment when I can work. I'm on my way back home when my phone rings but I wait to park in front of the home to take it from my bag.

I take all my stuff with a hand and my phone with the other and check from who I missed a call while getting out of the car.


< Missed call from Shawn Mendes >


My heart flips out and my eyes widen. Why would he call me? I just try to think about something and about the reason for his call and then I remember that I didn't send him the pictures of the last photoshoot.

I get in the house and put all my stuff on the kitchen worktop to call him back. Liam is probably sleeping so I pay the babysitter and she leaves so I can talk with Shawn.

I wait a bit, hearing the usual bip-bip until it stops and a voice comes through the phone.

"Alyssa?" Shawn asks with the sweetest voice ever which surprise me.

What am I supposed to say?

"Hey... Umm... You called me, right?" I ask, stuttering and feeling stupid.

"Oh, yeah... I-" He starts but I cut him off.

"If it's about the photo shoot, I edited the pics. I just have to send them to you... I'll do it before I go to the bed. They're ready." I say, trying not to sound weird or anything but he just cuts me off in turn.

"No! It isn't about that...Well, only partly... But last time I saw you, you weren't feeling good after I brought you to the hospital and I just wanted to check if everything's okay..." He asks and this just makes me shake. Why would he want to know how am I feeling?

Honestly, it makes me smile, even though I'm not the kind of person who usually talks and argues about their problems... I'm more the kind of person who escapes those long talks.

"Well, I'm just trying to stay alive," I say with a little giggle just to hide my anxiety and my emotion but it doesn't make him laugh at all.

"Alyssa... I know it could sound weird because we're not really friends or whatever but if you want to talk about your mom or if you just wanna hang out, just call me... You don't have to pretend that it's easy all the time. I saw how you were after the hospital..." He says and I feel a tear flowing down my cheek but I wipe it.

I don't know what to say because I didn't expect that at all. How should I act? Should I let him a chance because, except when he helped me in the parties, he acted like shit when he was with Jenny.

Oh, that hoe.

"Thank you, Shawn..." I start saying but I block, not knowing what to add. "... You can call me at any time if you want to talk too... Being a pop star isn't always easy... I guess" I say chuckling and he laughs his ass off. I didn't think that it was that funny. "You're easy to make laugh, right?"

"No... It's just... DO you finally admit that I'm a celebrity and not only a random boy? Because you first didn't give a fuck about who I was." He says still laughing.

"Chill Shawn, you still are nobody to me," I say and he stops laughing to clear his throat.

"Yeah... Ummm, I also called you for something else..." He says and I say yes so he can continue. "I took a decision about the pictures and the style my manager and I wanted... and... I wanted to explain to you before Mr. Mayer does it."

"You don't like my job?" I ask a bit worried because if that's why he called me, I'll lose my place at the agency and it's definitely not the right moment.

"What? No, no... It's just... you can delete all the pictures you took because we finally decided the theme... So, we'll have to take new ones... I guess." He says and I just nod but then I realize that he can't see me.

"Oh... Okay... Well, I have to hang up. I still have to check Liam and to sleep you know." I say a little embarrassed.

"Oh, yeah... Anyway, your boss will explain you the process... Ummm, Good night and have a nice sleep." He sweetly says which makes me smile.

"Thank you... Have a nice night as well," I say and hang up the phone with a smile on my smile.

I realize how stupid I look like when I see my face smiling when I start brushing my teeth. God, what's wrong with me. I really need to chill and to sleep because I just feel like I'm drunk while I didn't drink any drop.

I check my brother in his room and I go to mine after I kissed his forehead.

Those 20 last minutes made my day better.

Thank you.

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