25 June 2019

Another busy night in New York

I felt gravity pull me down as I pressed the button on the lift. I pressed my lips as what felt like an eternity for the lift to get down.

"God, I hope she hasn't noticed I'm not there yet," I thought aloud while tapping my heels.
Shortly after, I felt something vibrating in a purse. I pulled my phone and saw the notification bar popping up with a message coming from Vanessa.

Speak of the devil and she doth appears.

*Text*

"Where the hell are you?"

"I'm in the parking lot. Coming in 5 mins! 😉"

"So you haven't left yet! Imma kill you 😐"

Man, she knows me too well

"I'll be there in no time sweetie. Now don't pop in my phone every 5 mins -_-.I'm turning it off till I get there".

".....😒"

"At least I'll be there b4 the party ends"

*Ends Text*

I put my phone back in the purse before she replies and I drive off to the nightclub.

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The beat was vibrating off the walls as I entered the admission doors. The crowd was out in force and ready to party. The drinks were flowing across the tables just as fast as the bartenders can make them, the conversation was loud and patriots were struggling to hear over the thumping music and the dance floor was filled with sweaty bodies swaying to the beat. To the naked eye, this is the makings of success. I scanned through the crowd and saw Vanessa laughing, swaying her body as her hair moved from side to side.

"Hey Suman!", screamed another girl in the crowd.

I directed my attention towards the voice and landed on someone waving at me. I don't remember this face. Being a celebrity can be hard sometimes, meeting a lot of random people and forget them the next day, even though I tried hard to not forget. I tried to lip read her and it seemed she was telling me to come and join her to dance.

"Sorry" I moved my lips slowly " Too tired, maybe later" I gave her weak smile and headed to the bar.

"Excuse me, a small peg of vodka please"

"So you're finally here!" I jumped as I heard a voice behind me.

"Urgh! Vane-" I stopped right in my tracks when I noticed she brought some people along.

She tilted her head slightly on the left and put on a fake smile.

"Guys, so here's Suman Rao whom we all have been longing to meet," she said, clearly hiding her frustration and behaving formally as possible.

"So this is Manish Malhotra, the leading fashion designer in India. Manish this is Suman Rao, Miss India 2019" a smile flashed on her face.

"Oh, I have heard a lot about you" he kissed my hand and continued "You look even more elegant in real"

"I hope you heard good things though" I giggled "and Manish, I must say, you only look younger day by day.

He laughed as a strand of hair moved to his face "That's because I get to meet gorgeous ladies like you" he winked.

I felt my cheeks turn hot as I try to cover them with my hair.

"Ahh I need to get going," he said while catching a glance in his watch.

"But Manish, you just came!" said Vanessa looking at him with her puppy eyes.

"I have to leave for us to meet again" he leaned forward and hugged her.

"Hope to see you soon in the Miss World contest Suman!"

"If only you'll be there" I'm sure while saying that I had a toothy grin.

"Ah, sure! I can't resist gorgeous ladies" he waved and made his to the crowd

"I can't believe you guys just flirted," said Vanessa while dropping her jaws.

"You know what? He just lifted my mood" I looked at her "Let's dance!" I gripped her arm and moved forward. Who knew my happy mood won't last long when someone bumped into me and spilled their drink on my dress.

"Jesus! This is just what I needed" I rolled my eyes.

"Oh shoot!" said Vanessa while looking at my cloth."The washroom's over there" I followed the direction she was pointing to."You go in that corridor till the end in the right corner"

"Thanks!I'll be right back"

I pushed my way through the crowd. The music seemed to fade as I walked deeper into the corridor. I started to hear voices as my feet moved forward.

"Yeah, this will be our biggest de-"

I lowered my walking pace when the male voice got interrupted.

"Shh man! Someone might hear us"

That definitely picked up my curiosity. I walked slowly towards the door which was open just enough for me to sneak peek in.

"Be ready for another animal trafficking?" said a manly voice by leaning against the wall, puffing the smoke.

"Where will we do that?" Said another ruffled voice while pouring another glass of whiskey.

"Madhya Pradesh, the largest forest cover in India.

"Be ready for another animal trafficking"

I stumbled a few steps back until I felt my back the wall. India is my home country. The country that provided me with education, who titled me, Miss India. Sweat was rolling down my neck. No, I can't let this happen. I was given away many responsibilities when I was entitled, Miss India. I am expected to help people, provide them with facilities, ensure that they have all their basic necessities but...but that also applies to animals. First and foremost they were the ones who came into this planet before humans.

Numerous questions were running through my mind. How will I help those poor animals? When they will execute their plan-.

"Hey, we should get going now. Boss doesn't tolerate latenesses" I shifted my gaze towards the door. I should get out of here. Now.

Without informing Vanessa, I left the club and headed to the hotel to collect my luggage.

"Goodnight ma'am" the doorkeeper greeted me.

I didn't have time to return him the smile. I rushed towards my room and shoved my luggage in the suitcase. After that, I headed straight to the airport.

So what do you guys think?
How will Suman be able to help those animals?
Drop your views in the comments! <3