Blue Fox Pub, Elffire City.
Sunday Night, December 20th.
12 people enjoyed the night together with alcohol and food served at the pub.
"Just by his personality that I saw when we met him. I think Moonlight is indeed a confident person." Kaitlyn commented.
"Well, we will know if his confidence is validated when we listen to his album next Thursday." Kanna said simply as she sipped her beer.
"I can't wait to listen to it!" Kate exclaimed with an excited voice.
The others nodded in agreement, they too wanted to hear the masked man's songs.
Suddenly they heard Helena gasp.
They looked over and saw that her eyes were wide as looked at some point behind them.
"What is it, Helena?" Kate asked curiously.
After spending hours and hours doing Helena's hair and makeup the last few weeks, Kate and Helena became true friends.
Helena didn't reply, she just pointed at some point behind them.
They were curious and turned their heads too, and what they saw was the TV behind the pub counter.
It showed a news report and the headline was like this, 'Acting Association Director Arrested Today in Elffire City'.
As soon as they read the headlines, they remembered Helena's story that she told them.
"Hey! Can you increase the volume on the TV?" Bobby shouted to the waiter at the counter.
The waiter nodded and they finally were able to listen to the news report.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt "...several pieces of evidence against Lewis Allen, Acting Association Direct, surfaced this Sunday. All news outlets in Elffire City received copies from an anonymous source of the incriminating evidence against Lewis Allen. There is evidence that he committed Qualified Racism in the following video." The reporter informed before the TV screen changed to a new scene.
It showed an image from a security camera where 10 people could be seen in a meeting.
"You all understand me? I don't want any black, brown, or other people of color as lead actors in Saint Alma's theaters. I don't care how you do it. But if I see any of these kinds of people getting lead roles, you will answer to me." A middle-aged man said with a stern voice as he looked at the others.
The image on the TV changed again to the reporter after Lewis' little speech.
"There is also evidence that Lewis Allen stole money from the government that was initially destined to support the acting association." The reporter started listing all types of crimes that the guy committed and showed all the evidence that they received from the anonymous source.
"After the police were notified and all the evidence was verified. Lewis Allen was arrested when he left his house one hour ago. And all the other people involved in the case were also arrested. Racism is one of the crimes that don't have bail. So, Lewis will remain imprisoned until trial."
"The Elffire City Acting Association released a Repudiation Note as soon as the case reached the news. They removed Lewis Allen from their staff and all functions he had. The note said..."
"We are profoundly sorry for all the people who suffered under Lewis Allen. The Elffire City Acting Association does not admit any type of racism and corruption. We will proceed to do our own investigation and fire anyone related to this criminal case."
"After the association released this note. Our channel was able to discover that several employees were fired from the association because they supported Lewis Allen's crimes."
"We interviewed some actors who suffered under Lewis's criminal rules..."
"Yeah, I remember one day when I was accepted as the lead actor of a play, but the next day I found myself being moved over to a supporting role. Later I found out it happened because of my skin color." A brown-skinned man said on TV.
"Why didn't you report to the police or the association?" The reporter asked.
"Who would believe me? I had no evidence and the guy was a director of the association! Nothing would happen. I only would be more ostracised." The man replied as he shook his head.
"That's why I'm beyond grateful to the one who stood against this guy. Because I know I wasn't the only one who suffered what I suffered." The man added with a grateful face.
The news report ended shortly after.
Everyone was shocked by what they saw, but they were also feeling happiness and satisfaction that justice was made.
Helena, in another hand, had tears streaming down her cheeks.
She remembered all the unfair conditions and hardships in the last two years.
She remembered that she almost gave up on her dream because of that bastard.
Seeing the bastard being busted and arrested was like a huge weight was lifted off her heart.
"Are you okay, Helena?" Kate asked worriedly as she saw Helena crying.
"Yeah, I have never been better. I'm finally free!" Helena exclaimed with a brilliant smile as she wiped off her tears.
She was finally free from her awful past to pursue her dreams.
She would never look back anymore!
The others smiled when they saw Helena's smile, they could feel that she became much more light and happier after the news report.
"To Justice!" She exclaimed as she lifted her beer cup.
"To Justice!" The others shouted as they clinked their cups.
They continued their lively night of celebration as they talked about all sorts of things.
One of them was what they would do with the money they received for their work.
In total, Arthur's crew received 300k dollars.
Divided into 10 parts, each member of the crew received 30k dollars.
While Helena and Ishii received 25k dollars each.
That was an astronomical amount of money for all of them.
They didn't even know what to do with so much money.
If someone told them one month ago that they would receive this money after working in their dream job, they would have laughed wryly.
No way that would happen, but destiny was a funny thing.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThey earned more money than they ever did, and they did that by having the time of their lives.
"When you arrived on Catadrid give us a call, you two. We can help you with the moving procedures." Arthur said suddenly.
Helena and Ishii were taken by surprise when Arthur said that.
"I don't know if I will go." Ishii replied with a hesitant voice.
"Yeah, me too. Nothing is certain." Helena added with a nervous voice.
They would only head toward Catadrid if they became successful through the music videos.
And they didn't know if others would like their performance, that's why they were so nervous.
"Oh, I know you will go." Arthur said with a wide smile.
"Yeah, we will be waiting for you two." Kate added with an excited smile.
The others also expressed their belief in them.
Helena and Ishii felt their hearts warm when they saw their supporting voices.
They truly had become friends, and Helena and Ishii would never forget them.
"Thank you, guys!" Helena replied with a brilliant smile.
"Thank you!" Ishii replied with a shy smile.
The 12 of them celebrated until past midnight.
And when they left the pub, all of them were drunk.
But the night would be unforgettable to all of them.
The night they celebrated the work that would change their lives forever.
They would be separated the day after, but it was only a temporary separation between friends.
Catadrid would be the destination for all of them in the end.
Including Helena and Ishii.