Chapter 1:
She stared at him in total and complete fear. His blue eyes were ice cold. His demeanor stiff. His glare menencing beyond belief. It was like she was staring into the face of a killer before he does the deed.
For Caroline Spencer, this wasn't what she had been hoping for when she got called into her ex-boyfriend Rick Forrester's office for a meeting. She thought that they were going to discuss the new line that she had designed that had been a recent success for Forrester Creations, but when Caroline saw Rick's parents, Eric and Brooke, and Brooke's husband Ridge in the office as well, she knew something was about to go down.
Something bad, and it involved her.
"Do you care to explain yourself?" asked Rick coldly. "What do you mean?" asked a trembling Caroline. "Don't play dumb with me," he growled as he looked right into her brown eyes. "I'm serious, Rick. I don't know what you mean," she said her voice shaky. "Oh I think you do. Why do you think TMZ reported it ont heir website just over an hour ago?" asked Rick who then went to his desk and turned his computer moniter around. What Caroline saw horrified her.
The story was about Rafael Martinez, the creator and producer of the now-cancelled show "Room 8". In the article, he talked about how Caroline was determined to get Rick back so he let her do what she wanted to his show from casting Rick's now fiancee Maya Avant and Forrester Creations lawyer Carter Walton in the lead roles to editing the scripts. Rafael basically called Caroline "a controlling bitch" who ruined not only his show but also his career.
This was news that the Forrester family and the people at one of the fashion world's most famous companies did not want to have happen. They had dealt with enough scandel to last a lifetime.
Still Rick knew what he wanted to do. What he had to do as president of Forrester Creations.
He said the words no person, not even Caroline, wanted to hear.
"You're fired. Get the hell out of here," he said coldly. Caroline just stood there with her mouth wide open. She couldn't believe it.
"No," she whispered as tears began to go down her face. "You heard what my son said, Caroline. Get out," said Brooke. Caroline found herself looking at both Eric and Ridge, but both had their heads down.
As she slowly walked out of Rick's office, Caroline could feel her legs get shakier with each step. As soon as she was out and far enough away for no one to hear her, she collapsed on the floor in tears.
For Caroline, her dream was over. She was damaged goods. Disgraced beyond anything. She had no idea what to do, and without Rick in her life, she had no one to turn to.
Her life was over.