SECOND CHANCE

Chapter 12 - Don't let hate, evilness, and jealousy control your life

The day of Crystal's audition finally arrived. She was dressed in all black today, showing off her slim figure. She sat on a chair in the waiting room which was filled with women. Crystal had to admit that they were beautiful but didn't feel any jealousy. She had changed. She was tired of being a vicious and jealousy woman. Crystal would never allow herself to become that despicable woman again. She wouldn't let herself fall so low again.

There was a woman, also dressed in black, who sat in front of Crystal. She had blonde hair and green eyes. In other words, she was beautiful. While Crystal minded her own business, somebody couldn't. The blonde girl stared at Crystal in dislike and crossed her arms.

"Aren't you Crystal Knight?" The blonde girl asked in mockery. Crystal looked at her and raised her eyebrows. She out her hands on her black, expensive purse which was on her lap. The blonde girl's eyes followed her hands movement and jealousy brimmed in her eyes as soon as she saw the limited purse.

"Can I help you?" Crystal asked. She wasn't stupid and knew that the girl had no good intentions towards her. The blonde girl sneered, crossing her legs. "Aren't you ashamed? How can you walk out in public after cheating on your husband?"

Crystal was shocked and looked at the other girls in the room, whispering to each other. She kept quiet and didn't bother saying anything.

The blonde girl grew irritated when she got no response. "Are you ignoring me?" Crystal looked at her phone, starting to play Candy Crush. "Hello! I'm talking to you". An ugly frown could be seen on the girl's face as she glared at Crystal. Obviously not happy that she was ignored by a stupid woman.

"You bitch-"

"Shut up!" A sharp voice could be heard. Crystal's blue eyes went icy cold as she looked up from the screen. Sending the girl a deadly glare, Crystal calmly stated, "You're beautiful on the outside but rotten, despicable and ugly on the inside".

The blonde girl was taken aback by Crystal's statement. "YOU! Do you know who I am?!" Crystal sneered in disgust. "All I know that you're a young, ignorant woman. You judge people by its cover and trust false rumors. Worst of all, you also spread false rumors. You don't care about how people feel, and you enjoy bullying those who are weaker than you. You stick your plastic nose where it doesn't belong and think you are better than everyone else. You don't take people in consideration and you don't think over that your actions might hurt somebody!"

The waiting room went silent and no sound was made except the ragged breath coming from the blonde girl. She was speechless and couldn't get a word out of her mouth no matter how hard she tried.

"Number 37", a worker opened the door and shouted. Crystal knew it was her turn since she was number 37. She rose up from the chair, gripping her purse. Before she went in, she turned towards the blonde girl.

"What did I do to receive the hate you give? I have never met you, yet you verbally attack me for no reason. You talk about things you have no clue about without knowing the truth. So let me tell you that I'm under Gio's modeling agency", Crystal continued, "Here's a piece of advice...change yourself for the better before it's too late. Don't let hate, evilness, and jealousy control your life". Crystal wished she had someone tell her these words directly in her past life. She wished someone had guided her and made her realize what a stupid, evil woman she had become. She despised herself.

With that she left the waiting room, leaving behind a teary and speechless blonde girl. Little did she know that a model was live the whole time, capturing the entire situation.

Crystal stood in front of the judges and introduced herself. After talking for a few moments, she showed them some walks. The judges were pleased with her because they liked her style, the confident aura she gave off. They felt she was perfect for the Summer collection and let's not talk about her body.

*

Jason had just finished a meeting and was now sitting on the couch in his office room. Sipping on the black coffee, he browsed through the internet. Then a message popped on the phone's screen saying, "Bro, your wife is trending".

Jason frowned and different scenarios flashed through his mind. All he hoped was that Crystal didn't create any scandals like in the past. Searching her name, he clicked on an article. He narrowed his eyes when he read through the article. While watching the live video, he clenched his fists. He watched how the blonde girl asked his wife who she was and his wife ignoring her.

The rage he felt couldn't be described when he saw her disrespecting his wife. No one's disrespecting Jason Knight's wife. Some of the rage disappeared when he heard the little speech Crystal said to the blonde girl. His heart jumped when she gave the girl an advice.

Suddenly, Jason felt like Crystal had changed. She was no longer the Crystal he knew. He felt like she had become wiser, nicer and calmer and...he liked her better this way. She was reasonable and more down to earth. Tapping on the comment section, he read some.

"Wow why do I feel like she has changed?"

"I stan her!"

"My respect for here went straight up!"

"What's wrong with that blonde girl?! Why is she so stupid?"

"Wow! Crystal's under Gio's modeling agency!"

"I slowly begin to like her now...somebody help me!"

Pulling up his phone, Jason gave a call to a certain man. "Hey, Jace! How ya doing?" Nick said through the line.

"I'm good. Listen remember owing me a favour?" Jason went straight to the point.

"Of course! You save my ass when I lied to mom about where I was! So what can I do for you?" Nick was Jason's childhood friend and also the emperor of the entertainment industry.

"You have certainly heard about my wife's trending-"

"Oh that! Yes, I have! She was soo cool and this is me talking about Crystal!"

Jason smirked and placed the iPad on the table. "Anyways, I want the girl who was disrespecting my wife cancelled", Jason demanded.

"Of course- wait did you just call Crystal your wife?!"

Jason chuckled, "What do you mean? Crystal is married to me so of course she's my wife".

"B-but you never call her your wife before-"

Jason interrupted him, "Well can you do it or not?" He could hear Nick laugh through the phone. "I got ya back bro. I'll fix it".

"Good", then Jason hung up and stared at his pitch-black screen. "Hmm...wife", the words naturally rolled off his tongue.