The Charm of the Director

Episode 15's

"Pity?" said Jessy. He heard a speech between Dean and a woman he didn't know who was. He nodded in understanding. "Okay, I'm following all your wishes. I'm getting engaged to you. But look, I'm not gonna ask you for two hundred grand. I'll take everything you got."

Suddenly the door lock was opened. Jessy stepped back and sat on the bed. He waited for whoever opened the door for him.

When it opened, he lifted his face. It wasn't Dean who came. But a woman with a motherly face was looking at him with a smile. He went into the room and approached her.

"Hello.. how are you?" ask the woman friendly.

Jessy smiled thinly.

"You must be surprised" he replied with a smile. Then he looked around. "Based on the boy. The arrival of guests is important, but given a small room like this. Dean outrageous. Oh yeah, introduce. I'm Anastasia. Dean's mom. That's how it is, even if Dean wasn't born to me, but I love him so much."

Jessy remained silent without answering the woman's words. Whoever the woman is in front of her, if she's in contact with Dean, she doesn't care.

"Actually Dean's a good boy. It's just that sometimes he always acts without thinking first. Since childhood, he lost his mother. His father was a director too. It's just that he stopped. Have you seen the movie Dean made?"

Jessy shook her head.

"It could be said that this film made Dean more widely known. I'm sorry you got involved. But anyone would be happy if they got Dean. Not only is he smart and handsome, but he's also rich."

That's why I'm going to finish off all the money Jessy said in her heart.

...***...

Lee was watching television in the living room that was separated from the main building. He reminisced by watching all the movies he had made in the past. Wine bottles are always available on his right desk. Lately he has often been alone in the family room while watching the films. Ever since hearing Dean's success from his friends, he's been proud. He didn't educate Dean to be a director like him. But as Dean's life continues to be with him on set, it has grown Dean's curiosity. The young man never asked for a lesson from her. He has seen all the movies he has made.

"Dad.." call Dean when he looks behind the door.

Lee looked back. He saw his son standing not far from him. "Hey. kiddo!"

"I'm an adult, dad. I'm getting engaged." said Dean as he put his foot inside.

"For me you're still a child" Lee replied calmly.

Dean saw the big screen playing a movie made by his father. "You're watching apparently.. I bother you?"

"Where might you bother me. Oh yes, congratulations on that award. I'm proud of you." said Lee, hitting Dean on the shoulder.

Dean smiles. "All because of hard work, discipline and focus. I still have to make a better movie. I still have to beat you, dad." he said as he stared at the awards stored in the glass cabinet in the room.

Lee laughs. He stood up and took another glass for Dean. "If you're an adult, let's have a drink" he said.

Dean received the glass and drank it a little. "I'll get engaged, dad." he said seriously.

"You said it earlier. You serious?" ask Lee.

"You see the news about Jessy? Harris says the news is coming up every day. I'm thinking about the girl's future."

"Why don't you just marry her. Who knows you'll love him. For a man with success like you, I'm sure many women with other reasons want to be your lover or want to be your wife. I heard the girl you brought here was just a laundry clerk."

Lee looked up into his eyes. He imagines something. "I remember when I married your mother first. Your mother was nobody. Only the bakery clerk I used to go to. It happened almost the same as it is today. It's better if you marry her. There's no harm in building a family at a young age."

Dean fell silent. Suddenly he got a message. Harris sent me a news link. He's opening. A ROMANTIC DATE BETWEEN A YOUNG DIRECTOR AND A MYSTERIOUS GIRL. Then he saw the next link. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP, YOUNG DIRECTOR IS GETTING MARRIED.

"Dad. take a look" Dean said.

Lee received Dean's phone and smiled. "The paparazzi are very quick to make news. Your photos today were quickly uploaded. You guys are compatible." seduced Lee.

"Do you think it'll be okay if I marry her?" ask Dean

"Depending on where you're going" Lee replied.

Dean stood up and kept the glass containing the wine on his father's desk. "I'll see Jessy first. See you later at dinner, dad." he said as he walked out of the room. Lee just nodded.

Talking to her father will never end. He and his father never met. Everything's fun. The conversation between men is so meaningful. Fortunately, Anastasia was beside him. She remembers when she was a teenager, her father asking her and Joan for permission to remarry. At first Joan refused, but finally she agreed because her father's choice was very good. Anastasia had been a surrogate mother to him and Joan who had long lost her mother figure. Moreover, he did not know at all the figure of his mother.

Her move to Jessy's room is interrupted by Dorothi blocking her step.

"What do you want to eat next night?"

"Whatever you make, everything is delicious" Dean said as he passed by.

As he approached the room Jessy was occupying, he heard laughter coming from inside the room. He frowned. There was no way Jessy was laughing, when she and the girl had just had a fight. He was glued in front of the room. Anastasia was playing Jessy's hair. Is this real? thought.

Anastasia saw Dean coming. "Dean, comein.. Jessy's hair is beautiful. L like it. Look, I tie it like this doesn't change his face. It looks even more beautiful" she said.

Dean walked in with a stiff smile. "I need to talk to Jessy. I'm sorry mom, can you come out for a second?"

"Okay, I see it as important" Anastasia said.

Dean sat in a chair not far from where Jessy was. "Today's news has come out. Our photos when in front of your workplace have been uploaded paparazzi."

"Not strange. I have to get used to it." Jessy replied as she untied her.

"Starting used to? You're gonna stay with me? You're not gonna run away?" ask Dean.

"The haze is not the same. They'll write lies in the media."

"But this time I'm not getting engaged to you, Jessy. I changed my mind." said Dean.

Jessy surprised. It turned out this easy. He smiles. "really? Then I'll go home and get on with my life. Bathe in my best bath tub, and sleep in the most comfortable bed." she said standing up. He passed Dean easily. Jessy's arm was pulled. "Otherwise?" ask Jessy.

"I'm not getting engaged to you. I'm gonna marry you." Dean said.

"What??"