Chapter 8

Some of Howard's past enemies? begin to catch up with him in the form of kengsington who is out to make his life miserable, no matter what cost it may have.

It s the day of the music video shoot and Tiffany makes her way onto set while covering her face, afraid that someone s going to recognize her. They direct her to the space for her to get ready where she goes to see Daniel. Victoria looks at her with a light smile, perhaps she recognizes her. Daniel also calls over Jeff to meet her. Tiffany hesitantly takes off her scarf and Victoria still has a knowing look, I bet you she knows. where as for Jeff, he finally meets the girl of his dreams again, instantly recognizing her from the hotel. While he s still in his daze, Bernice comes over to him asking if they know each other. explains that they met once before.

Howard finally arrives on the scene and greet Tiffany, while Bernice? immediately goes up and wrap her arms around him claiming her property. Tiffany excuses herself to touch up some of her makeup while the others leave to go through the script.

Her time alone is interrupted by the arrival of Andrew who introduces himself to provide aid for her. He begins to stare at her closely and Tiffany tries to avert her gaze in an attempt for him not to get too much of a close look to figure her out, but he just wants to know the shade of her lipstick.

Everyone is looking at the storyboard of the music video and the director explains that they re going to have a piano scene but she doesn t actually have to play. Bernice finds that time to get her digs in on her as she tells her that if she doesn t know how to play, she could always ask her since she should know the basics. Tiffany doesn t let that bother her and confidently walks over to the piano and begins to perfectly play a German classical piece, stunning everyone with her ability and annoying Bernice who takes it out on Andrew. Once she s done, she points out to Bernice that she never said she couldn t play the piano as everyone claps and Daniel comes over to suggest her becoming a star. Bernice complains to Howard about filming the music video on her birthday and makes them promise that they need to celebrate her birthday. Howard suggests that the three of them watch a movie when the filming is over and she can reset at home. She readily agrees to that and leaves the set.

Jeff is in a daze and Howard points it out. He tells her that that s the girl he met at the wedding and Howard? wonders why her out of everyone, but Jeff says that he just finds her interesting. Howard does admit that she is a little interesting but Jeff points fun by saying that he s only interested in Tiffany. Howard disagrees with that statement.

It s time to film and the director comes over to explain the scene to them before telling them that they should get to know one another first in order to act as a couple that just broke up. Once they re on their own, Howard tells Tiffany that she can ask him if she has any questions, but she doesn t. There is one thing she wants to say though, and that s the difference in his personality from what the tabloids have said about him. He explains to her that he doesn t really talk to girls and begins to explain something but stops. Instead he changes the subject to tell her that if she thinks about sad memories then she ll be able to get into?his emotions for the scene.

On the sidelines, Daniel and Victoria notice their interaction with Daniel commenting on how Howard? doesn t seem like his usual cold self. Victoria keeps staring at the two interestingly and she definitely knows. So then Howard said there s something familiar about Tiffany who is currently dressed as Jessica. Or maybe he thinks that Tiffany is really the only girl that he can actually talk to.

The filming starts and while looking at Howard for their scene, Tiffany? thinks to herself about how he was so mean to her while she was Jessica but now he s trying to make a move on her now that she s become beautiful and curses him. She ends up stepping on his foot and he yells out in pain. He passes it off and they begin to do the scene again, but she ends up stepping on his foot with her high heels every single time.

The director decides to take a break and Howard limps over to the table with Tiffany behind him. She begins her conceited act and wonders why he was so careless since he put his foot below hers and without commenting back, he offers to go get her some water. However, just like he did with her before, she gives him the same lines about having a sensitive stomach and about her, burning her tongue, the same things that he told her back when he made her deliver water. She laughs at herself in amusement.

In the next scene the two are playing piano side by side. They begin to engage in some small talk as he notices that she doesn t look like she s a local. She admits that she s from paris and Howard? suggests to take her out on a tour with Jeff. The day of filming ends at that moment without her responding.

Jeff approaches and offers to show her around but Tiffany rejects saying she s just having a short layover and will leave soon. Howard assures him that it s alright since he has her phone number and still insists that they take her out to show her around. Seeing that there s no other way out, she agrees. But if it s as by some miracle, or maybe the miracle of the internet and social media, there are fans who figured out the shooting site and who are waiting outside of the venue. Jeff is worried about them being able to meet Bernice on time for their movie worried about fans discovering them. That s when Tiffany suggests he leaves while wearing her outfit. Victoria jumps on that boat and goes to check the situation outside first and tells him to change his clothes. Once everyone is changed Daniel tells Tiffany that he already transferred her the money from his own account, and she wonders if he did that for another purpose. He says that he knew she needed the money, and we have some product placement from a bank app, and just tells her to pay him back when her payment gets approved.

The fans are waiting outside to see the female lead to see if she s worthy or not when Howard and Jeff came out. Since Howard is wearing the same clothes as the female lead, they think he s the lead and give their approval and figure she won t do anything since it seems like she has a boyfriend, played by Jeff. They re glad that they don t have to worry about her possibly doing anything to Howard.

Tiffany and Laurence are meeting outside where Laurence thanks Tiffany for the money. When?asked where she got it, she said that she got it from Howard. Laurence is curious about it still, since she knows that Tiffany was just Howard's fake assistant and wonders why he would help. Tiffany explains that he s warmhearted and has a lot of money, so it s really nothing to him. She wants to thank him but Tiffany tells her it s not necessary since he wouldn t want to admit that he helped others and she accepts that answer. While they re sitting there, though, black bags get placed over their heads. When they get taken off, they re strapped into a ride with kengsington who minions there before them. Tiffany immediately recognizes the one as the guy who stole the microphones and they begin a conversation that gives away too much information, like what class they re in and what class their boss is in. Kengsington reveals himself at that moment asking why she s so afraid and brings some more of his men. Tiffany wants to know why they re there and when he sees Laurence strapped into the ride as well, he turns to his men to ask why she s there. The one who stole the microphones points at the other one,? who says it s like a buy one get one and kengsington hits them for bringing her. He tries to regain his cool and says that he s using both of them to get to Howard. Tiffany doesn t believe that he ll go there to save them, though, since he doesn t have time for them. But kengsington? isn t so sure and leaves them there.

Jeff and Howard are hanging out on the roof when Howard gets the phone call. He picks it up and kengsington brings up Tiffany saying that she s with him and doesn t look too good. Howard seems worried and kengsington calls him out to the amusement park making sure to point out that she might not be safe if he doesn t. Howard threatens that he s dead if he does anything to her and, when kengsington hangs up, he rushes to go find her with Jeff accompanying him. After the phone call, he leaves with his men after telling Tiffany that nothing will go wrong if they cooperate.

Tiffany and Laurence were left alone with the dumb minions, who are actually afraid of Tiffany. She suggests that they let them go or operate the machine for them to enjoy. Drake hurries to go put the machine on while the other stays behind to check their safety belts, but Tiffany hits him in the stomach and ends up putting him in the seat after getting her and Laurence out. So he s the one on the ride when Drake turns it on. Drake then makes the mistake of going to see him, whose name is Blair, leaving Laurence and Tiffany to have run of the booth, turning the machine up and then breaking the lever. They ran off from Drake and escape into a haunted house that is under construction that he s too afraid to go into.

Howard and Jeff arrive at the amusement park to find kengsington? and his men hanging out at the merry-go-round. Howard immediately asks for Tiffany but kengsington is cocky asking why he s nervous and if he s worried about his girlfriend. Howard denies that and tells kengsington to leave the innocent alone. That word seems to make him angrier and brings up Ashley and calls Howard a killer. Jeff tries to stick up for Howard but only gets a part of kengsington's anger as he basically yells at him for being a goody-two-shoes and if he s not angry at himself for just following along.

Howard interrupts him to admit that it was his fault and asks kengsington not to drag anyone else into their mess. Kengsington points out that he says he admits it but he can t since he s still an idol and part of the Norman family. He swears that he won t let Howard be able to escape from his sins as long as he, kengsington lives. Jeff asks what it is that he really wants and that he doesn t want Howard to sing Breathe anymore.

Howard tells him that he ll always owe Ashley for his entire life since her death was his fault, but he doesn t owe kengsington and Tiffany? doesn t owe him either. Kengsington? yells that he can t live like nothing has happened and is angry at his continuing to mention Tiffany. Jeff gets involved by saying that there s no point in hurting each of them since they can t live their lives normally. Kengsington asks if he has a conscience since Howard is the one who caused Ashley's death. Jeff tries to reason that it was just an accident and kengsington pushes him into the railing, they end up fighting.

When Jeff tries to break it up, kengsington goes for him instead, knocking him to the ground. Kengsington's men then begin to go after the two when Drake comes up to inform kengsington that Tiffany ran away. He demands he chase after her but he says he s more afraid of going into the haunted house than of kengsington. Howard and Jeff manage to get themselves together and go to rescue Tiffany but not before kengsington gives his last warning that what just happened can definitely happen again.

Tiffany and Laurence are navigating their way through the haunted house area. Tiffany tries to assure Laurence that they ll be fine as they get scared through the various parts. At one part, however, Laurence screams as a monster pops out when Tiffany isn t paying attention and she ends up slipping and falling without Laurence seeing where she went.

Howard and Jeff arrive at the area and split up to find them. Howard isn t fazed by the monsters that pop out and is only focused on finding Tiffany. She s on the ground, suffering a head wound, when a rock is about to fall on her. Howard ends up saving her, coming right in time, but she s passed out so he carries her out.

Kengsington is waiting outside of the area and sarcastically applauds his heroic act asking why he wasn t like that back then. Howard asks that he leaves but when he doesn t, Howard ends up asking him what he wants and points out that he brought in an outsider into the mess for Ashley.? so does that make her Bernice relative?

Kengsington tells him that he brought Tiffany into the mess because she has some sort of relationship with Howard and says he can let her go that day as long as he agrees to keep his promise. Howard does without a second thought and leaves.

Kengsington then makes his way into the haunted place himself and finds Laurence sitting on the floor. He kneels down to ask her what s wrong. Upon hearing that she sprained her ankle, he offers his hand and helps her out of the place. He even offers her a ride home on his motorcycle and tells her that she can hold on around his waist.

While piggybacking Tiffany, Howard? calls Jeff to tell him that he found her and they agree to meet outside. Was he still looking for them inside the haunted house? Howard makes a comment about kengsington

that Tiffany finds funny and she ends up laughing, blowing her cover. Howard sits her down on the bench and tries to wake her up. He sees that she s faking and calls her out on it. Tiffany pretends like she doesn t know where she is but Howard can see right through her acting. That s when Tiffany sees his face and wonders what happened. He brushes it off and tries to see how she is feeling. She says she s fine and tries to brush it off in the same way but he grabs her cheeks in his hands to get a better look before they begin to play around with one another. Tiffany then stands on the bench and calls Howard over, only to do the same thing to him. He tries to knock her hands off and she falls off the bench but is caught by Howard's arms. When she pushes him off and tries to go to the bench she trips and falls. He s worried and ignores her yelling for him to just ignore it since it s none of his business. He helps her onto the bench to see that it s her ankle wondering if she sprained it. He continues to scold her for being so careless but helps her try to move it a little. The atmosphere softens a little bit between the two of them, with the two even lowering their voices a little.

He makes a comment about driving all over cornwall city to find an unattractive person like her. earning a push from Tiffany for calling her ugly. That only starts their bickering again. Howard offers to take her home and when she says she can t walk, he offers to carry her on his back. Peace between them is seemingly restored.

Bernice, was waiting at the movie theater alone, only for the place to close and her birthday celebration never happening.

Their wall of hatred is slowly being knocked down as it doesn t seem like they really hate each other at all now. Tiffany is going to use Jessica as a way to enact her revenge on Howard, for all of the trouble he put her through before, but who knows, it may also be a gateway for her on finding out the type of person he really is without him trying to put up some type of face to her.