บท 41: PHILIP THOMPSON APPEARS BEFORE AMARANTA, AS HER REPRESENTATIVE.

Amaranta was with her grandmother in the hospital room, waiting for the visit of her godmother Johanna Sáenz and the director Daniel Exxo, when Philip Thompson arrived.

"Good morning, you must be Amaranta, I am the executive director of The Thompson Entertainment company, my name is Philip Thompson. And I come because I want to make you an offer, I saw you when you presented your audition to enter the Academy of Cinematography, I was very impressed with your performance, for that reason I decided to come look for you and hire you directly so that you can be part of the actors who train in our company."

"Hello Mr. Thompson, I am Amaranta Cid, nice to meet you, I appreciate that you took the time to come look for me, and above all that you saw my presentation at the cinematography academy" — Amaranta recalled that in her previous life, the company The one represented by Philip Thompson in about 10 years would be the largest and most important in the entire country, many renowned and award-winning filmmakers would go to this company to look for actors for their films.

"For this same reason I have taken the liberty of bringing with me a contract, I am going to leave it with you so that you can read it calmly, you can see it and I will call you to tell me what you have thought" — Philip Thompson told Amaranta

"Mr. Thompson, I will take the contract, I will read it and think, since I am not really very interested in continuing for a long time in the world of cinema, I am only going to play a role in a movie, which is going to be directed by the great director Daniel Exxo"

As soon as he heard those words, Philip Thompson thought that this girl would immediately be a great attraction for many directors in the future, because she would automatically become a "Golden Girl" just by working with the great director Daniel Exxo.

"Amaranta, think very carefully about what you are going to decide because once you are an actress of the renowned actor Daniel, your career can take off as far as you want, read the contract and if you have any questions you can ask me" -Philip Thompson told her.

"For now I say goodbye, I will call you tomorrow to find out what you have resolved." — Thus Mr. Philip Thompson left, leaving Amaranta very surprised.

Amaranta began to read the contract, and at first, when she saw that it was a much superior contract, even for a first-class actress, she thought that this was a fraud, so she decided that she had to consult it first with someone before taking any action. Decision, Why perhaps not taking the proper precautions could cause big problems.

*Shortly after Mr. Thompson left, Amaranta received a phone call. —"Amaranta, Hello, how are you? I just arrived, and I am returning to my service, write down the phone number where I am calling you, now is where you can reach me, because I have to hand over my mobile phone and I will only be able to receive calls to this number" was Izan Marsans.

"I'm fine, Yes I'll write it down right now, you came very early, and I couldn't see you before you left, but thank you for the computer you left for me and also for the note, I'll see you at the university too, wait for me" Amaranta told Izan

"Amaranta, I trust you one hundred percent, I will be waiting for you, I know you will work hard to get to university" — Deep down, Izan was extremely happy.

"By the way, I have something to tell you, a man from The Thompson Entertainment Company came. He offered me a very well-paid contract, but I doubt it is real, what should I do?" — Izan was very happy that it was his such a cautious girl, even though it was he who wrote that contract to protect her from any present or future problem in the middle of the show.

"If you have any doubts about that contract, hire a lawyer to review it, if not, consult with Johanna, now I have to leave you, take care of yourself and take care of grandma, don't overexert yourself" -Izan Marsans said goodbye

*A short time later Johanna and Daniel arrived, they greeted Amaranta and Grandma Mary, Daniel could notice that Amaranta had changed since 16 days ago, that he last saw her, she was now dressed in a white dress and embroidered flowers, she was tall range, soft white leather shoes and her well-kept hair tied in a loose side braid, she was also sitting upright, very modest elegantly, that it was impossible to think that she was a poor, village girl. However, now more than ever he was convinced that she was the perfect girl to play the lead role in the film written by Johanna.

"Mrs. María, how are you?" Johanna asked, "well waiting for them to tell me that I can go to town now, I'm tired of being here" Amaranta's grandmother responded.

—"Mother, I have something to show you, read this contract, please" Amaranta handed over the contract that Mr. Thompson had left her.

—"Amaranta, this contract is very advantageous

for you"

—"If I had not seen contracts from this company before, I could doubt their veracity, but the seals and signatures are real and corresponding" said Daniel Exxo

—"That means that it's not a fraud, that I should sign with them, is it something that I really should do?" — Amaranta asked

"As you said, Daniel is not a fraud and as I see it, it suits you, so if he signs" — Johanna calmly began to analyse that this contract arrived precisely at the moment when Izan Marsans had left, perhaps he left this arrangement done to favour Amaranta, it was the safest thing, since Daniel and she had already decided who Izan was.

—"Johanna is right, Amaranta maybe they do it because they know that you will be in a film that will be directed by me, that's why they went to so much trouble" Unknowingly, Daniel was thinking the same thing as Johanna.

—"Okay, when Mr. Thompson calls me, I'll let him know that I accept," Amaranta responded.

— They spent the rest of the afternoon analysing the script of the film, which they were going to make together, as the writer was Johanna Sáenz and the producers were Daniel Exxo and Johanna Sáenz, who were on the verge of declaring bankruptcy, they were fully dedicated hope everything went well, Hours passed without them realizing it, until the nurse came in pointing out that it was dinner time for the patient, they said goodbye. Daniel and Johanna left.

"Johanna, I don't like that Amaranta falls in love with that rich boy, although we can't do anything because she's already an adult, but I wouldn't like to see her suffer because I know that you appreciate him like a daughter, and we don't know if that man just wants to play." with Her "Daniel said

—"Daniel, I also have that same concern, but from what I could see that man is very formal, and I really appreciate Amaranta, what we have left is to see what the future holds for that couple, let's leave things as they are. Are now we can only see what happens with time, "Johanna answers.

The day after Daniel and Johanna's visit, Amaranta woke up early and helped with her grandmother's cleaning, after finishing giving her breakfast,

She received a phone call "Amaranta, it's Philip, I'm calling you to know what you've thought about the contract I left you" — Amaranta responded "I've decided that I'm going to sign, so when you want to stop by the hospital you can, I'll be waiting for you here." "

"Thank you very much for your trust, we will have a good cooperation, he will stop by later, do you think?" Thompson asked.

—"It seems perfect to me, I'll wait for you here." Amaranta answered and hung up. Meanwhile, in his office, Philip analysed everything that Izan Marsans had told him, about what he had to do as soon as Amaranta's grandmother was discharged, about buying plane tickets, how to transport the grandmother after the airport to the town, find someone to take care of her at home, and help make it as easy as possible for Amaranta to study. As the benefactor of her best friend, he had to put his all into making her well…