Hollywood Zenith

Early morning, Samuel got up carefully making his way out of the bed. Last night was insane but fortunately, they did things in moderation. He admired Adele and Kate's sleeping figure before heading for a quick shower.

He dressed up in casual clothes before heading downstairs to fix something to eat. It was too quiet and he didn't find Nicole as her room was locked. It was understandable with how drunk everyone was last night.

Right as he was about to head outside, he felt the temperature dropped a lot last night. There was a layer of frost outside covering the vegetation around the cottage. It was right around the time for the first snow and he could feel it wasn't long before it would happen.

He covered himself up and went for a walk. Their retreat was in a remote location right beside the sea but just hundred or so meter ahead, there was a college campus. The small town was beside a major city which meant the foot traffic was not small.

When he was right around the corner near the Church, he saw someone squatting behind it. It was fairly early for people to visit church for prayer so he decided to check it out. He had been meaning to take a look inside ever since Noah invited him.

The church looked small from the distance but entering the place made him realize it was fairly old and from the architecture seems to have some history attached to it. It wasn't uncommon to find old historical buildings which had been converted into praying ground.

He couldn't see anyone around the place, the doors were wide open too. He increased him pace thinking that it was some thief sneaking around the place but when he was about to turn the corner his nostrils were attacked by pungent smokey smell.

" Mr Noah?" he saw the young priest holding a cigarette in his hand.

" Mr Sam?" He hurriedly threw it away hoping that other party didn't see him but because of the lack of force the bud hardly landed few feets away and it was still burning.

Noah first extinguish it fearing it would cause a fire before showing difficult face after being caught red handed.

" It's a habit that I still can't seem to give up. Please don't tell anyone or else I will be in a lot of trouble." he went the only way that he could and directly appealed Samuel not to reveal his secret. Samuel didn't know what entailed when being a clergy but vices like smoking must be prohibited.

" It's fine. I am not the one to snoop around. I only thought someone was trying to steal something so I decided to check it out. Don't worry I will not tell anyone but you should probably give it up considering that you aren't even trying to hide it properly."

" I know that's the dirty part about this whole thing is. I start to feel sluggish if I don't continue it." He shrugged.

" Okay, I will be on my way then."

" Wait! I didn't get to say how thankful I am that you decided to help him. I had to accompany him last night until he had his fill which is why I was a little bit behind on work only manage to finish it in the morning." he went to tell little bit about the system of Church. There are a lot of things to be maintained considering they were operating on donations.

Especially in this small church where every penny counts.

" It's nothing. It is a good script which is why I decided to invest in it. It would help me just as much as it helps him."

" I know. But I heard that he also received apology from the senior writer that troubled him all this years. I was there when he received that call, you must have pulled some strings to make that resentful man come forward to do it. Neil almost cried after it."

Samuel only smiled. It wasn't hard, he made one phone call directly to the director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation demanding an explanation. The other party was confused listening to a young man suddenly berating his company, what's more how did his private number got leaked?

But when he heard who he was speaking to, he nearly pissed his pants. The British Broadcasting Corporation is a public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom, which means it is owned by the UK government on behalf of the British public.

That's the official verdict but everyone knew that the Royal family had a lot of say in it. After all it was established under the royal charter. A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws.

When the nephew of the highest authority in this land makes a complaint, who were they to question it? Samuel only left few brief details and told him to find more about it by himself. The director-general immediately issued several orders to his subordinate to find out the problem.

Within an hour the person in question was kneeling in front of him. He didn't know what Neil did but he was ready to make amends on the grounds of keeping his livelihood. The Director was ready to fire him on the spot but Samuel declined.

No matter how hateful he was, there was still a need to give him a chance at redemption. The only issue was that what happened to Neil shouldn't happen to anyone else in the future. Samuel let the Director decide what to do with the issue.

" I have a few people that owed me so it's nothing to fret over." Samuel waved his hand not wanting to go into detail.

Now the issue was resolved, he wanted to walk out but Neil inviting him for breakfast. Samuel debated for a second before deciding to follow him. It's not everyday he got to mingle with the crowd.

It went as he expected, there were few college kids that came over because they recognized him. Samuel had forgotten to hide his face which meant he had to cater to his fans. Noah tried to reason with them but how would he ever stop teenagers from getting what they want? Especially when Samuel was walking alone without any security.

Hence he had to pose with his fans for an hour before slipping out. It was only possible because there were few ghost soldiers that came to his rescue giving him a short window to vanish. Still many were able to take pictures with him and it didn't take long before it was posted all over social media.

Him and Noah met back at the back of the Church, the young priest was able to get few servings of Fish and Chips handing it over to Samuel to enjoy.

" Why so much?" He asked.

" I figured you would need it for others. It's a famous place around here so I wanted everyone to enjoy it." Noah added. As far as he knew there were three more people living with Samuel so he got five servings, just in case.

" Thanks. I will pay-"

" No, no. It's alright. Take it as my thanks for yesterday."

" Okay, if you need anything, you can contact me in the future."

" Since you will be producing the series, you will have plenty of chance to pay me back."

Before leaving the young priest did ask him about whether he was here on vacation or something else. It was well known that the place he bought used to a recording studio. There were a number of celebrities that came to take refuse in troubled times especially famous singers and bands.

Samuel could dodged his question but he felt like since Noah had already seen Adele, he would someday able to connect the dots. The album was bound to make waves in the country and with his extra feature and him suddenly appearing in the studio, it was no brainer the 'El' identity would be exposed to him.

" We are recording music. I will be thankful if you don't tell anyone about it though. I will be sure to send you a copy of the album."

" You can sing too? Why are you hiding it then? It will be a sensational news if everyone found out the rising actor is a singer too." Noah was surprised to hear it.

" It's not my album, I am just helping my girlfriend. Beside, I don't need more publicity so keep it a secret and even tell Neil to be tight lipped about it."

" Okay, if you this serious I will inform him not to tell anyone about it."

Since this matter was settled, Samuel left after saying few more words. People were beginning to gather inside Church so he took the road from the back and travelled all the way around the wet meadow just to reach the cottage.

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It was freezing cold outside, the wind also picked up which was substantial because they were near the coastal area and he was standing in empty field.

As soon as he entered, he heard the girls arguing in the living room. It immediately stopped when they heard the backdoor opening. He was barely able to take off his wet shoes before he saw three of them rush to the door with brooms and stick in their hand.

" What? Are you trying to beat me to death?"

" Fuck! At least say something, who enters through the backdoor in such a sneaky way?"

" I have my reasons. Here, Nicole can you heat it up for everyone?" He tried to hand it to her but instead of taking it, she ran away while hiding her face.

" Don't tell me she-" Samuel vividly remembered such a scene. It was exactly what happened when she caught him with Kayla back in the Estate.