Chapter 9: Cracked Mirror
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The dressing room lights never felt warm.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLNTHZ5kMU
They only magnified the hollow under her eyes and the smear of foundation trying to hide the bruises she “accidentally” got during a scene. Everyone called it art. She used to call it survival. Now… she calls it fuel.
Mia looked at herself in the mirror. Screen name Maui. Real name forgotten by too many. Her gaze was still. Frozen. But inside—something cracked. Not just broken. No, this was different. This was shattering with precision.
She didn’t cry after Reeve forced himself on her.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiyRg7j01D
She didn’t beg when Direk Leonard gripped her waist harder than the script called for.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMTHSND33T
Instead, she smiled… because she knew how to make men look weak without touching them.
A week passed.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ubKmRyi7V
She played her roles. Swallowed her shame like bitter pills. But in the background, Mia was no longer acting. She was watching. Learning. Plotting.
She started dressing differently for rehearsals—long sleeves, neutral makeup, always polite. Innocent. Unthreatening. But at night, she scribbled notes in a journal she kept behind the toilet tank.
Reeve – Cocaine problem. Regular at Club Noir.
Direk Leonard – Married. Mistress on payroll.
CamGuy Neil – Obsessed. Follows her socials. Weak point.
Producer Alan – Has an illegitimate daughter in Cavite. Hush money every month.
They thought she was numb.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZV45Lofot
What they didn’t see was that every yes she gave was now a setup.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gwRq9624g
She had planted the seeds.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9KGQTxOPd
And she was watering them with her silence.
She started with Neil.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR81Cc8mBKd
The easiest. The most eager.
During one shoot, she “accidentally” left her robe untied longer than usual. Neil caught a glimpse. Then she handed him her used towel.
“Sorry,” she whispered, “can you throw this for me?”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbClAtq84r
She smiled when he flushed red.
That night, she messaged him from an alternate account. Posed as an obsessed fan. Sent edited photos, provocative messages, until he was hooked. Until he sent a d*ck pic that she screenshot. And saved.
Two days later, she sent it to his wife.
Next was Reeve.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK8x6dI2RR
She waited for the perfect scene—another rough shoot. She knew his weaknesses now.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJepW2fezbA
Knew he always got high before a take.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FEUnUDOlf
Knew he liked it when she whimpered.
So she purred instead. Looked him in the eye mid-thrust and whispered:10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu7aQUnmBy
“You’ll die with your d*ck out.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDikEesZyA
He stuttered.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwg2AA77GZ
Missed his cue.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ735tBceaBx
Embarrassed himself in front of the entire crew.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEr6q4dDUA
She smirked. One down.
Leonard was trickier.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEG9ELhPPh
Mia played dumb.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYbTNNlFvU
Dropped lines. Apologized sweetly. Let him shout at her—once, twice—while her mic was hot.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzcCcVGAq9
Unmuted.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXyhiWGkbe
The sound engineer was a woman.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSd4mO12PS
Mia knew she’d forward the audio to the right people. Women like her… they shared silence like currency.
Then, she “accidentally” sent a clip from the leaked voice memo to Leonard’s wife.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQUhmKceIb
Along with the location of his next hotel shoot.
The production got postponed.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta3L3tAwSb
He called her, drunk and furious.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUJgM1ba0H
She blocked his number.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC4Frh5Z4x
Then texted the assistant director:10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNpjVJDtu4
“Ready for next script. Let’s make it raw.”
She was erasing them one by one.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPSqTHI8hV
Not with blood.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXqBY5zPhT
But with exposure. Shame. Carefully folded lies turned inside out.
No one suspected her.
She still smiled at every camera.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGLRHomsvT
Still moaned at every cut.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3wsMRBARI
But her heart was now ice, wrapped in velvet.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJVTKorRZq
And in that cracked mirror in the dressing room, Mia no longer saw herself as broken.
She saw a queen in ruins—and she was building a throne.
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