VIII

The rest of the days in Nebraska went by quite fast and before we knew, eveything was done. All the recordings there had finished. Early in the morning, I joined the rest of the staff cleaning and tidying everything up before going to the airport. Meanwhile Eddie and the rest of the cast were sleeping.


Once again, me and Eddie were in different parts of the plane but that didn't stop us from interacting heavily with each other. We kept texting and sending rather strange and funny selfies with each other. We go to New York City around lunch time. However, since everyone was tired after a week away filming constanly, we had a free day. Me and Eddie didn't spend it together but on the next day we planned to go to a nice coffee shop nearby the studio and have breakfast.


"Feels good to be back in New York!" I said, biting my toast. He chuckled "True. Although I can't wait for this film to be done!". And it would soon be. Just one more week!


Once we entered the studio, I didn't see Eddie during the rest of the day. I had decided to go grab a cup of coffee since I was taking a little break in the afternoon.


"Wait!" I heard a woman behind me calling "The director wants to see you immeditately at his office" she said. I thanked with a smile, wondering why I was being called. Unfortunately my coffee would have to wait.


Before entering I knocked on the door "Come in!" I heard, severely, from the other side. When I entered I faced the director, looking rather angry, sat on his desk. Eddie was also there, he didn't even bother looking at me, he just kept facing the floor. I sat on the empty chair next to him.


"Are you and Eddie Redmayne in a relationship?" the director asked, looking straight into my eyes. There was a question I was not ready to answer, and also didn't quite know the answer. Despite being romantic with each other and being in love, we weren't actually dating. Also, did Eddie tell him director about us?


I didn't say a word - even if I knew the answer, words simply wouldn't come out. The director seemed rather unsatisfied by it, but without saying a thing, he put a piece of paper on top of the table. I looked at it and couldn't believe my eyes. It was a photograph of me and Eddie holding hands that day in Nebraska when we decided to go for a walk by the green fields. I felt trapped without knowing what to say, so I looked at Eddie but he never took his eyes off the floor. He looked angry. Understanding my silence, the director placed a few more photographs on top of the table, photos that included me entering Eddie's hotel room, us having dinner and holding hands and the worst, us kissing outside the hotel - among plenty others.


"You were both aware of the rules in the work place and how inappropriate is what you two are doing. Fortunately for you Redmayne, we have recorded most of your scenes and we can't lose time casting someone else and recording it all again so you're staying but I'm keeping an eye on you. As for you intern, despite having your future with us planned, you have left me no other choice but to fire you! Both of you leave my office now!".


"Eddie!" I called, but he kept walking away. That day I got home earlier than usual, completely heart broken. What photos were those? Who had taken them? Someone coward enough to expose us but not even reveal its identity. Pathetic!


I laid down on my sofa, staring at the white ceiling. I loved Eddie. I loved every second spent with him, every memory created. And now everything was wrecked thanks to one single and idiotic person. But who? I desperately wanted to know who was the reason for my unhapiness. And that day, I swore to myself I'd find out.

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