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LANAMarjani I think I made a huge mistake

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LANA
Marjani I think I made a huge mistake

MARJANI
What do you mean?
What's wrong babe?

LANA
I accused Robert of being the leak
We had a huge fight about it

MARJANI
Omg Lana
But there's no way it was Robert
Come on you know him
He would NEVER do something like that

LANA
I don't know Marj
For a second I was so sure it was him
But now I think I messed up really bad
Honestly what the hell is wrong with me?
I accused Robert ffs
ROBERT of all people
He's never going to forgive me for this

MARJANI
He loves you Lana
Of course he will

LANA
He's not answering any of my messages
I think he took it really badly
Frankly I don't blame him
He's been nothing but supportive and I just treated him like dirt

MARJANI
Yeah... that's pretty bad

LANA
Understatement of the century
Gosh
I ruined everything, haven't I?
My reputation, my career and now him

MARJANI
Don't say that
Just give it time, things will die down eventually
The tabloids will find a new scandal to talk about and everyone will forget about this

LANA
No Marj I really don't think there's a way back from it. No director would cast an alcoholic

MARJANI
You're wrong
You've been sober for 4 years goddamit, give yourself some credit!

LANA
Either way I need to find out who leaked it

MARJANI
Lana don't start obsessing over this
There are so many people who could've done it, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack

LANA
I've been thinking about it a lot Marj
I've combed through all the articles I could find
There's so much detail about my personal life in those stories
And I realized there actually aren't many people who know about all of those details
So that leaves only a handful of people who could've been the leak

MARJANI
Like who?

LANA
Well the staff at the rehab centre were legally bound to confidentiality so it couldn't have been them. Plus there's stuff they just couldn't have known about

MARJANI
Okay
What about a more obvious suspect
Aka your douchebag ex husband

LANA
He's the first one I thought about
But no, Marj it wasn't him
Don't get me wrong, he'd be more than capable of doing it
But to be honest, aside from watching me suffer, there really is nothing in it for him. Having his child's mother outted as an alcoholic has repercussions on Nolan and he knows it. He might be an asshole but Nolan is where he draws the line.
Also, if he was discovered to be the leak, the court would not take it well at all.
I could sue him and easily get full custody of Nolan. He's a lawyer himself, he knows this perfectly well and I know he'd rather die than lose custody of our son

MARJANI
Ok so not Chase
What about Ingrid?

LANA
Also no
Damaging my reputation would also damage hers as my manager. Plus we both know she'd never do something like that.

MARJANI
That's true
And we established it couldn't have been Robert, right?

LANA
Definitely.
There's just no way it was him.
It was obviously not you either
So that only leaves one person
Victor

MARJANI
Excuse me??!

LANA
Marj I think Victor was the leak

MARJANI
Please tell me you're kidding right now
Are you seriously accusing VICTOR?

LANA
I'm sorry but I tried to narrow it down
It always comes back to him

MARJANI
Lana take that back RIGHT NOW

LANA
You think this an easy accusation for me to make?

MARJANI
Oh it must be since you've been throwing all sorts of accusations lately
I can't fucking believe you
You think VICTOR did this?? Victor who's been your friend for YEARS?
Why would he even do that? What would be in it for him? He kept your secret all this time so why the hell would he go to the tabloids NOW

LANA
I'm sorry, I know this is hard for you to wrap your head around, but who else if not Victor?

MARJANI
You have lost your fucking mind
My partner of thirteen years did NOT tell the media about your addiction
Gosh Robert was right to call you out
This is not okay Lana
You can't just go around and say these things about people who have done nothing but love and support you

LANA
And you don't think you're a tiny bit biased here? I know Victor can do no wrong in your eyes but get some fucking perspective

MARJANI
Stop trying to twist this
You're quick to accuse someone who's been your friend for YEARS
But you changed your mind about Robert who you've known for five minutes??

LANA
Are you fucking kidding me? YOU were just as convinced it couldn't have been Robert!

MARJANI
Listen I don't know who leaked your secret
And frankly I don't give a shit anymore
You're supposed to be my best friend but it's like I don't even know you right now
This conversation is OVER

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