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Ch. 2 Part 1
02
Now Haley, who was Hollywood’s bitch and troublemaker, debuted in a movie called ‘Dreaming for the Sea.’
The movie was about a murder happening in a town, near a beach. Except for the last two cuts where Haley appeared, the movie had nothing to show. It was obviously a failure. One critique even said, ‘First movie I ever watched that made me think it was a waste of film.’ Except for that one critique, no one seemed to have watched that movie. That’s how horrible it was.
Haley became popular because of his next role.
The movie was called ’27 hours’, directed by Plao. ‘27 hours’ was about Noah Raycarlton, lovingly called by the Americans as Raynoah, who was kidnapped when he was little.
A child followed his mother, who was a famous actress, to her working place and a jealous, nameless actress kidnapped him. The movie was about the 27 hours during which he was trapped and his dramatic rescue. Haley played the role of Raynoah.
The movie was successful, because of Raynoah’s popularity and pretty Haley. The movie was released three years after the incident. His father, Edgar Raycarlton, who was a famous lawyer, and his mother, Rebecca Kelly, protected him. He never appeared on the news media and so, all the attention was focused on Haley.
It was around that time when Tony Bridget met Haley. He was quite well known as a manager back then. He remembered vividly when he first met Haley.
It was in front of the agency's big window and the sunlight was pouring in. The child was shining, brighter than the sunlight surrounding him. His shiny blonde hair was like honey, and his blue eyes like the sea. He caught everyone’s eyes, because of his pale, cute, doll-like face, which was very lively. He couldn’t take his eyes off him when the boy was talking.
This kid was gonna be a top star. Tony was sure. This kid will become a top star, and not just a mere one. He will become a star that the whole world will cheer.
While he himself couldn’t become a movie star, Tony was confident in his skill to spot the right person. Out of everyone he’d singled out, Raynoah was the only one who didn’t become a famous celebrity ten years later. –Because, of course, Raynoah was already famous even though he wasn’t a movie star.
‘I can manage this child.’ Tony thought he finally had a ray of sunshine in his life. ‘God, thank you! I can finally hold on to a diamond that’s not a rock.’ Or so he thought.
Only, Haley turned out to have a small flaw; he was not smart. It took him fourteen tries to memorize an easy name like Tony Bridget.
…. Tony had imagined that it would be a very small flaw. Until he found out that Haley was so stupid that he couldn’t even tell the difference between flour and heroine.
“…..”
Tony Bridget, who had been Haley’s manager for 16 years, now looked at him, admitted in a hospital and just staring blankly at his own reflection in a mirror. Tony remembered the past when he’d thought Haley would become a top star
His eyes were definitely crooked at that time. What sunshine? …Tony realized that, what he thought as a diamond was actually a common glass marble, which had shone only for a short while. In the recent few years, its been glowing like a street light on a foggy day.
Thanks to his pretty exterior and a messy life style, few jobs were still coming by. And thanks to the troubles he had caused, he was fuel for hot news every day. Even if it wasn’t Tony’s idea to turn him into a common troublemaker, he was still fine with it. At least Haley was still a celebrity.
However, in the last one or two years, nobody seemed to care about what Haley did. Even the recent incident, if it was not for Raynoah, it wouldn’t have been publicized in the newspapers. It had been a long time since Haley was on the front page of a newspaper for what he did….
Of course it wasn’t something to be proud of. Chances are, Haley’s life as an actor has come to an end. He dared to touch Raynoah. Haley already had a bad image, but this was worse. It’s been a week since Haley survived his suicide attempt or heart attack. Nobody was even sympathizing with him. People were saying that he was a public menace for bargaining with his life. This made the whole world to hate him. There were some who didn’t care about Haley, but there were none who liked Haley.
“…………”
Tony glimpsed at him.
“So…. Should I get you some water? Do you want to drink some water?”
He asked Haley, who was stupidly staring at the mirror. He replied, “No, no. It’s okay. I can get it myself.”
If this was the usual, “Do you think I’ll drink hospital water? Why are you even asking me? Go and buy Evian!” he would’ve screamed. But right now he was just staring at the mirror with a grim face.
“…………”
Was it because of the amnesia? Haley’s mood seemed to be gloomier today. He lost all his ability to become a star, but thanks to his unique personality, there was still something sharp about his aura. Today though, he didn’t even have that. He looked rounder than usual, like a normal person. As if he would just blend in with the extras, colorless and odorless like a blank, white paper.
Actually, he didn’t recognize Haley at all, when he came to hospital after hearing about Haley’s amnesia, because of his calm demeanor. Of course it was just for a while, and it was probably because of his tacky patient clothes… Tony kept glimpsing at Haley who looked very different from his usual self.
“……”
Haley, who was actually Mason that looked like Haley, kept looking at himself in the mirror. Every time he peeked, of course his appearance didn’t change.
It was obvious that it’ll hurt when you get shot by a gun. It hurts when you are shot at your arm or leg, but he was shot on his head, and the pain was inexplicable. It lasted only for a second but it had been deadly. So… maybe it hurt so much that his body shrank. The pain had been unbearable. –Mason stared at his thin arms and legs and wondered for a bit.
No way! Even if the pain was unbearable, you cannot turn pretty and blonde, with soft hands or have different eye color. And…
Mason looked at the middle-aged man who kept glimpsing at him. He awkwardly smiled at Haley.
Toney Bridget. He had rushed in, when he was being examined by the MRI and introduced himself as his manager.
‘This guy…. No, me… I’m an actor?’
He didn’t think he was an athlete because of his skinny body. And Tony was astounded, ‘It's true. He’s actually lost all his memory.’
‘You can say you forgot everything because you have a bad memory, but you even forgot what your job is….?’
“Even in your sleep, you would say things like, ‘Do you know who I am? I’m Haley! I’m a star! How can I do that? Do you know how many dramas I’ve appeared in?’ ” Tony said, with tears were in his eyes.
Because of Tony’s intention to not offend him, Mason for a second wanted to say that, ‘I’m a different person. I didn’t lose my memory!’ But he didn’t even understand his own situation right now, how was he going to explain this to anyone? It was a perfect opportunity to be treated like an insane person. Actually Mason wasn’t sure if he hadn’t gone mad already
Haley Lusk, aka Liz– Twenty-four years old. Started his career when he was seven, which was 17 years ago. He was a pretty famous actor. Tony was trying to help regain Haley’s memory, so he listed all the dramas and movies that he had starred so far.
Mason still looked clueless, so Tony mentioned some of the incidents he had caused. Haley tried to escape from a rehab facility, fell down and broken his leg. He had been caught drunk-driving, twice. Once he was high from smoking pot and ran on the streets, half naked. Among other dirty scandals, recently he flirted with Raynoah and got kicked out. Later he had a heart attack, either because of an attempted suicide, or because of overdose. He told him everything.
“…….”
Mason looked at the mirror again and looked at his hand where there was a needle mark.
‘Is it something like… magic? Or did the modern technology get better? Who made this happen?’ Many thoughts swirled in his mind and soon disappeared. Even if he thought this was impossible and tried to think realistically, the situation wasn’t going to change.
The movie was about a murder happening in a town, near a beach. Except for the last two cuts where Haley appeared, the movie had nothing to show. It was obviously a failure. One critique even said, ‘First movie I ever watched that made me think it was a waste of film.’ Except for that one critique, no one seemed to have watched that movie. That’s how horrible it was.
Haley became popular because of his next role.
The movie was called ’27 hours’, directed by Plao. ‘27 hours’ was about Noah Raycarlton, lovingly called by the Americans as Raynoah, who was kidnapped when he was little.
A child followed his mother, who was a famous actress, to her working place and a jealous, nameless actress kidnapped him. The movie was about the 27 hours during which he was trapped and his dramatic rescue. Haley played the role of Raynoah.
The movie was successful, because of Raynoah’s popularity and pretty Haley. The movie was released three years after the incident. His father, Edgar Raycarlton, who was a famous lawyer, and his mother, Rebecca Kelly, protected him. He never appeared on the news media and so, all the attention was focused on Haley.
It was around that time when Tony Bridget met Haley. He was quite well known as a manager back then. He remembered vividly when he first met Haley.
It was in front of the agency's big window and the sunlight was pouring in. The child was shining, brighter than the sunlight surrounding him. His shiny blonde hair was like honey, and his blue eyes like the sea. He caught everyone’s eyes, because of his pale, cute, doll-like face, which was very lively. He couldn’t take his eyes off him when the boy was talking.
This kid was gonna be a top star. Tony was sure. This kid will become a top star, and not just a mere one. He will become a star that the whole world will cheer.
While he himself couldn’t become a movie star, Tony was confident in his skill to spot the right person. Out of everyone he’d singled out, Raynoah was the only one who didn’t become a famous celebrity ten years later. –Because, of course, Raynoah was already famous even though he wasn’t a movie star.
‘I can manage this child.’ Tony thought he finally had a ray of sunshine in his life. ‘God, thank you! I can finally hold on to a diamond that’s not a rock.’ Or so he thought.
Only, Haley turned out to have a small flaw; he was not smart. It took him fourteen tries to memorize an easy name like Tony Bridget.
…. Tony had imagined that it would be a very small flaw. Until he found out that Haley was so stupid that he couldn’t even tell the difference between flour and heroine.
“…..”
Tony Bridget, who had been Haley’s manager for 16 years, now looked at him, admitted in a hospital and just staring blankly at his own reflection in a mirror. Tony remembered the past when he’d thought Haley would become a top star
His eyes were definitely crooked at that time. What sunshine? …Tony realized that, what he thought as a diamond was actually a common glass marble, which had shone only for a short while. In the recent few years, its been glowing like a street light on a foggy day.
Thanks to his pretty exterior and a messy life style, few jobs were still coming by. And thanks to the troubles he had caused, he was fuel for hot news every day. Even if it wasn’t Tony’s idea to turn him into a common troublemaker, he was still fine with it. At least Haley was still a celebrity.
However, in the last one or two years, nobody seemed to care about what Haley did. Even the recent incident, if it was not for Raynoah, it wouldn’t have been publicized in the newspapers. It had been a long time since Haley was on the front page of a newspaper for what he did….
Of course it wasn’t something to be proud of. Chances are, Haley’s life as an actor has come to an end. He dared to touch Raynoah. Haley already had a bad image, but this was worse. It’s been a week since Haley survived his suicide attempt or heart attack. Nobody was even sympathizing with him. People were saying that he was a public menace for bargaining with his life. This made the whole world to hate him. There were some who didn’t care about Haley, but there were none who liked Haley.
“…………”
Tony glimpsed at him.
“So…. Should I get you some water? Do you want to drink some water?”
He asked Haley, who was stupidly staring at the mirror. He replied, “No, no. It’s okay. I can get it myself.”
If this was the usual, “Do you think I’ll drink hospital water? Why are you even asking me? Go and buy Evian!” he would’ve screamed. But right now he was just staring at the mirror with a grim face.
“…………”
Was it because of the amnesia? Haley’s mood seemed to be gloomier today. He lost all his ability to become a star, but thanks to his unique personality, there was still something sharp about his aura. Today though, he didn’t even have that. He looked rounder than usual, like a normal person. As if he would just blend in with the extras, colorless and odorless like a blank, white paper.
Actually, he didn’t recognize Haley at all, when he came to hospital after hearing about Haley’s amnesia, because of his calm demeanor. Of course it was just for a while, and it was probably because of his tacky patient clothes… Tony kept glimpsing at Haley who looked very different from his usual self.
“……”
Haley, who was actually Mason that looked like Haley, kept looking at himself in the mirror. Every time he peeked, of course his appearance didn’t change.
It was obvious that it’ll hurt when you get shot by a gun. It hurts when you are shot at your arm or leg, but he was shot on his head, and the pain was inexplicable. It lasted only for a second but it had been deadly. So… maybe it hurt so much that his body shrank. The pain had been unbearable. –Mason stared at his thin arms and legs and wondered for a bit.
No way! Even if the pain was unbearable, you cannot turn pretty and blonde, with soft hands or have different eye color. And…
Mason looked at the middle-aged man who kept glimpsing at him. He awkwardly smiled at Haley.
Toney Bridget. He had rushed in, when he was being examined by the MRI and introduced himself as his manager.
‘This guy…. No, me… I’m an actor?’
He didn’t think he was an athlete because of his skinny body. And Tony was astounded, ‘It's true. He’s actually lost all his memory.’
‘You can say you forgot everything because you have a bad memory, but you even forgot what your job is….?’
“Even in your sleep, you would say things like, ‘Do you know who I am? I’m Haley! I’m a star! How can I do that? Do you know how many dramas I’ve appeared in?’ ” Tony said, with tears were in his eyes.
Because of Tony’s intention to not offend him, Mason for a second wanted to say that, ‘I’m a different person. I didn’t lose my memory!’ But he didn’t even understand his own situation right now, how was he going to explain this to anyone? It was a perfect opportunity to be treated like an insane person. Actually Mason wasn’t sure if he hadn’t gone mad already
Haley Lusk, aka Liz– Twenty-four years old. Started his career when he was seven, which was 17 years ago. He was a pretty famous actor. Tony was trying to help regain Haley’s memory, so he listed all the dramas and movies that he had starred so far.
Mason still looked clueless, so Tony mentioned some of the incidents he had caused. Haley tried to escape from a rehab facility, fell down and broken his leg. He had been caught drunk-driving, twice. Once he was high from smoking pot and ran on the streets, half naked. Among other dirty scandals, recently he flirted with Raynoah and got kicked out. Later he had a heart attack, either because of an attempted suicide, or because of overdose. He told him everything.
“…….”
Mason looked at the mirror again and looked at his hand where there was a needle mark.
‘Is it something like… magic? Or did the modern technology get better? Who made this happen?’ Many thoughts swirled in his mind and soon disappeared. Even if he thought this was impossible and tried to think realistically, the situation wasn’t going to change.
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