Chapter 205 - Two Hundred And Five: Sleep With Eden (1/2)

The third point of view

”Hi everyone, you're welcomed to another episode of Inside Life” introduced Lily, the television presenter looking fabulous in her pink belted pegged pants and a floral crop top accompanied by high heels amid her tall height.

The show's theme song played in the background the moment they went live while the audience clapped.

”Today would be another exciting adventure with me as usual. As we all know, the much-anticipated movie 'finding paradise' has been causing a lot of waves on the internet and today I have with me two important cast members,” the words flowed from her lips with ease as she stared straight at the camera with a smile and unintimidated.

She announced enthusiastically, ”Join me and welcome, Lily and Maya!”

A round of applause went off alongside a brief welcoming song as Lily and Maya emerged from the backstage with all smiles and pinned by a spotlight.

Even without being instructed, Maya forced a smile and waved at the live studio audience.

They made use of a thrust stage, which means that the stage extended into the audience on three sides and was connected to the background area by its upstage end. Thus the audience could view them from a variety of perspectives.

”Welcome,” Lily welcomed them with pecks on both cheeks which they reciprocated.

She gestured to them to sit on the plush white couch with both ladies directly facing her.

”I'm so excited to have you, two beautiful ladies, on my show tonight. I mean, look at you both, looking so wow” Lily flattered them causing a blush to stain Maya's cheeks while the audience giggled.

Just as Camille promised, she had inquired about the questions to expect and they were mild compared to what she had feared. So all her uneasiness vanished, though Maya still felt nervous since this was her first time participating in a television show.

”Thank you,” she and Lisa replied at the same time as if choreographed.

They had both gone over the script with Lilly before coming on stage so they had to put a few of their acting skills to make the show interesting.

”Issac sure has a knack for adding a lot of eye candy to his movies. I can't wait for Finding Paradise to be out - I need to choose my husband ” Lily joked, fanning her face with her hand which elicited laughter from the crowd- Maya included.

If there was one thing she noticed on the audition day, all auditioners were aesthetic facially, but the same couldn't be said for their attitude.

”So Maya, how do you feel with this ongoing movie project?” Lily asked her first which was surprising - Lisa was supposed to go first.

She glanced at Lisa's way with concern but the girl gestured to her to go on with a tilt of her head.

”Honestly,” Maya began,” All this feels surreal like I could wake up one morning only to discover it was a dream - which would seriously piss me off it were to be true”

A roar of laughter ensued.

Maya was surprised at the way she controlled the crowd, it seems she was in her element here.

”It's relatable, anyone in her shoe would feel that way. I once felt that way too,” Lisa chimed in to which Maya didn't complain.

Lisa naturally enjoyed the attention so it was understandable she was uncomfortable with this new unplanned development.

”I'm kind of curious how you would be able to catch up with the scenes you missed during those weeks of absence judging from the fact your first scene was shot today,” Lily asked again when it was obviously Lisa's turn.

”A-hem,” Maya cleared her throat but it was done purposely to remind the strange forgetful presenter that the next question was supposed to have been thrown at Lisa.

”Just thinking about it gives me headaches but as you all know, I was involved in an unfortunate incident which left me with some broken libs, a concussion, and other injuries which required me going through surgery. I was advised by the medical practitioner to get enough bed rest and avoid strenuous activities which meant no shooting since my role involved a lot of action.

”But now, I'm good to go which means I have to cover up my missed shoots to meet up with the production team, I refuse to be the reason why the movie's delayed,” Maya spoke sincerely.

”Yeah, we saw the news regarding the event and I have to say you're a fighter,” Lily summarized while the audience clapped, cheering Maya.

Thankfully, Lisa was asked the next question while Maya made a little contribution after she was cued in by the presenter.