“Agent? Are you sure?” Ian asked not being able to believe what he was listening to.

“Yes, sir. He said he’d be ready to meet you whenever you are,” Murphy looked equally confused as Raelynn, Niko, and Mason looked at the sudden change in Ian.

“I’ll be out in a second,” Ian said and took his phone into his hand so that he could go out.

“But there are two more actors to audition, can’t you finish this off and go?” Mason asked.

“I’ll be right back,” Ian said and walked off.

It was confusing, surprising and whatnot for everyone who was with Ian. Mason quickly told the two actors who sat a few meters next to them to stay till Ian got back there.

“It was kinda weird, I agree,” Niko said in a whisper for just Raelynn to hear.

“Who are we to judge? Look at you, what’s weirder than you?"

“You’re right. But Ian is calm and collected, one name was enough for him to get out of his seat. Maybe we shouldn’t think about this a lot,” Niko said and went back to the documents that were in front of him.

Mark Hamill. One name was indeed enough for Ian to spring up from his seat. If anything, that was a name that held a lot of importance.

From Ian’s original world, where his soul was with his previous body, Mark Richard Hamill was an American actor, voice artist, and writer.

He was known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series, beginning with the original 1977 film and subsequently winning three Saturn Awards for his performances in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Last Jedi.

This was also why, hearing his name made Ian jump from his chair, to meet his agent of his, which could also possibly lead to any sort of future deals with the actor.

The bright sun made his eyes squint, not being able to bear it suddenly as he walked from an inside theatre.

“There, sir!” Murphy pointed at a man who walked out of his car, with his phone in his hand.

The man looked old enough to be older than Ian by around five to ten years, but what mattered was how he waved at Ian’s appearance right after he got out of the theater.

“Director Ian Renner!” He jogged down his way to meet Ian.

“Mr..?

“I’m Junior Richards.”

“Ah, the director Richards. Wonder why you are an agent?” Ian gave a questioning look while they both walked inside the theater. “We are talking about Hill Richard right?”

“Yes sir, that’s him. One thing I’m very proud of is being born as his son. But yeah, my life showed me a different path, yet in Hollywood. But equally exciting to be honest,” He said.

There were not many people present in it. With around 1000 seats, the people who were left in the auditioning process were in the first two rows.

Every other red chair was empty.

Ian motioned Richards to the seat and sat two seats away from him.

“Now that is understandable. You must be talented as well, at least being an agent is not an easy task for all I know. Hm… I heard you’re the agent for Mark Hamill, am I right?”

“Yes, sir. That’s right. I’ll tell you why I'm here right away, I don’t want to waste any of our time. So, for your first Home Alone movie, Mr. Striver had requested Mark to join in as Buzz, but during that time-”

“You didn’t trust me.” Ian completed what he was about to say.

“That’s right. We didn’t. Actually, it was me who objected to the idea–”

For the record, Ian had not known who and who Mason had requested for Home Alone considering Ian auditioned the only people who had accepted his requests.

Nevertheless, the conversation continued.

“ —And now, I know you’re looking forward to actors acting in your next movie… Uh, movies actually.”

“That’s right. But before anything, is there any way I could meet Mark Hamill?” Ian asked the question he dreaded.

Every single time he came across someone he knew from his previous world, what he wanted to see was how similar they are and what differences they had.

It was quite interesting, to be honest.

“Yes, sir. Sure. And this was his idea. After he let go and he heard how much of a success Avatar truly was, he was speechless. He tried to explain what he wanted for twenty minutes, and in the end, we agreed that I’d talk to you, today.”

“How old is he?” Ian asked.

“Twenty actually. And the talent of the young man, it’s truly impeccable,” Richard said with a smile to which Ian responded.

“Alright then, I’ll talk to you by the end of this week, and I don’t think I’d take longer with it, let me talk to him, and I’ll then decide. Have a nice day?” Ian asked as he stood up from his chair.

“Thank you, director Ian. You too!” Richard said and walked from the main entrance.

Ian looked at the back of the man who was walking inside, and he suddenly got the urge to gather all the actors and actresses who knew from his previous world to gather up.

He chuckled at the thought, yet walked back to his seat to finish the audition.

-

In the Peace High Law firm.

“Against Ian Renner? Are you sure young lady?” The head lawyer had had an interesting request of a person to meet, which was a young lady wanting to file a case against the popular director, Ian Renner.

“I’m pretty sure and confident about my choice of words, ma'am,” She answered truthfully.

It hadn’t even been ten minutes since she walked from the glass door, and the lawyer was already trying to find ways to make her walk out of it.

It was simply for how absurd the entire thing sounded.

“What made you think that you could possibly file such a case against someone like Ian Renner? If you’re in serious trouble and you need justice, I can help you meet the attorney in no time, but I want to hear the full story first,” the lady who looked to be in her late forties answered truthfully.

She was confused, but the case was thrilling in her opinion. She hadn’t had such a request in forever.

“You can choose to help me if this would be truthful enough to go ahead or not. I’m Sarah and I’m 24. This kid is eleven months. Are you a fan of Hollywood? As in someone who is interested in what happens around it? If so, you’d know how much Ian gets on with girls. How many actresses he had already slept with, and how he is handling his life as a director with actresses.

Before all of that, he was with me. We kept going on and off in our relationships. Like, we’d go on dates, spend the nights together, if you know what I mean. But the next day, he’d give me the cold shoulder. But he ended things with me one day, and the next week, I got to know I was pregnant,” Sarah said.

The last few words made her words broken and teary as she broke down in front of the lawyer.

The lawyer was visibly confused, and a part of her sympathized with the young lady in front of her.

“This is a huge thing, Sarah. I hope you know the worth of all this. I’m not blaming you for any of this, but being associated with rich people’s kids, and especially people who could get away with it, that’s risky in the first place. But rules are rules for everyone. I’ll arrange an appointment for us to talk with the attorney, we can ask for child support funds, and yes, I’ll be your lawyer in this case, only if you promise me one thing,” She said and leaned forward.

Her sharp small eyes looked serious, and if Sarah hadn’t become stronger with the experiences she had in the past couple of months, she’d have flinched badly for how threatening the entire atmosphere became.

“What is it?” She asked.

“I want you to be one hundred percent honest, Sarah. If we take any more steps ahead, there’s no coming back. And you hide me one thing, you’ll have to pay with the time of your life or money. From what I encountered, you’re not financially stable right?”

Sarah nodded at her question.

“Which is also why you shouldn’t lie to me at any cost. The next steps are going to be based entirely on trust, so tell me from the beginning, with timelines if possible?” The lawyer asked, her eyes becoming less threatening with time, yet it was intimidating for Sarah to handle—but she had to.

In her mind, she was chanting, ‘it’ll be alright—it’s for Lilian’ all over again and again.

“So what happened was that….”