Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

Portia felt that her face had been completely lost.

As for auditioning, I have long forgotten about it.

It was like running for his life from the audition studio.

The audition nearly broke her.

After returning home, Portia felt like her whole world had collapsed.

Portia just wanted to get herself drunk.

She didn't know how much she drank.

Until the sound of sirens came from downstairs.

…

"Hello, who's there?" Chen Zhao was a little unhappy when he saw an unfamiliar phone number coming in.

"Hello, are you Miss Portia's boss?"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"I'm from the Los Angeles Police Department. Miss Portia is in the police department now, and we asked her to provide her contact person. She only provided your phone number."

"She entered the police station? What did she do?" Chen Zhao asked with a frown.

"She was drunk at home."

"That's not why she went to the police station."

"She screamed in the rental house, and the neighbors thought something happened inside."

Portia lives in an old-style apartment building where neighbors are separated by a door or a wall.

Basically, if men and women make louder sounds in bed, the neighbors can hear them.

"Okay, I'll have someone bring her out."

Chen Zhao also had a headache. It was his assistant who helped his boss solve the problem.

Why did I end up here and became the boss solving problems for my assistant?

"Alex, my assistant has entered the police station. Go and bring her out."

An hour later, Alex drove Portia, who smelled of alcohol all over her body, to Mingyue Villa.

Alex came to Chen Zhao and looked at Chen Zhao with doubtful eyes: "Chen, did you do something to her?"

Chen Zhao rolled his eyes, and Fali came out: "Hi, Alex, Portia? She looks bad."

"Aunt Portia, what's wrong with you?" Little Gelin also ran out.

After all, at home, the ones with the most contact are little Gelin and Fali.

"Little Gelin, what about me?"

Alex was very unhappy when she saw that little Gelin didn't take the initiative to say hello to her.

"Aunt Alex." Little Gelin showed an angelic smile, opened her arms, Alex leaned down, and little Gelin hugged Alex's neck.

"Help her deal with it, and ask her what's going on."

Chen Zhao didn't want to get involved in the issue of entering Portia.

Judging from her state, she either lost love or someone died in the family.

Chen Zhao was too lazy to enlighten her.

Fali and Alex carried Portia to the bathroom, and Portia was still yelling: "Wine, I want more wine."

Not long after, Chen Zhao, who was watching a video in the living room, heard Portia crying from upstairs.

After another moment, the voice gradually subsided.

Fali and Alex came down from upstairs.

"How about it? Did her relative die? Or is there a relationship problem?"

"Chen, is it really okay for you to curse her family like this?"

"Okay then, what happened to her?"

"It seems that she went to a movie set for an audition today and something went wrong, but we haven't figured out the details."

"Was she assaulted in the movie audition studio?"

"It doesn't seem like that. There are no scars on her body." Alex said.

"Do you know what movie's audition studio it is?" Chen Zhao asked.

"I don't know, but I know the address. It's at Studio 122 in Hollywood."

"I'll call and ask." Chen Zhao said, "How is Portia now?"

"Already asleep."

Chen Zhao thought for a while and picked up the phone.

"Rasfa, it's me."

"Chen, I heard that you went to Japan. I remember the volcano erupted in Japan. Weren't you trapped in Japan?"

"The blockade has been lifted a long time ago, and you don't know it yet?" Chen Zhao rolled his eyes: "I want to ask you something."

"Tell me what's going on."

"Do you know what kind of movie is being filmed in Studio 122 in Hollywood?"

"Studio No. 122, let me check." Rasfa said after two or three minutes of silence: "It's James' new movie "Apocalypse." Why do you ask this question?"

"Is it James' movie?"

"Yeah, you don't know?"

"I don't know either...forget it, I'll call James."

"Okay, our movie will be released soon, are you paying attention?"

"It hasn't been released yet."

"The premiere is on September 29th. Are you and Fali going to attend?"

"We'd better forget it. We're not celebrities, so we won't go to the red carpet."

After chatting with Rasfa for a while, Chen Zhao hung up the call and dialed James's phone number.

"James, I'm Chen."

"Chen, why do you have time to call me?"

"I heard that your new movie has started filming, right?"

"Yeah, what, do you want to play a guest role?"

"No, I had a friend who went to your set for an audition today. When she came back, she was in a bad state. It seemed like something happened to her on your set. Please check it out for me. I want to know what happened."

"No problem, what's your friend's name? I'll call you later."

"Portia."

About twenty minutes later, James called Chen Zhao back.

This kind of thing is not difficult to investigate. After all, when the incident occurred, it was in public, and dozens of actors and on-site staff saw what happened.

…

Early in the morning, Portia found herself in a strange environment.

But soon she knew where she was.

Although she was a bit drunk, Portia still couldn't let go of yesterday's humiliating experience.

Knock knock——

"Portia, are you up?"

Fali's voice came from outside the door, and Portia was not very willing to respond.

But she finally spoke out: "Fali, come in."

"Portia, how are you feeling?"

"It's bad. I feel like my head is going to explode."

Portia got up from the bed and stretched: "Fali, why am I here?"

"You entered the police station, and then Chen asked someone to send you here."

"Did I...did I say anything yesterday?"

"No, you were already very drunk when you came back. I spent a lot of effort to wash you off, and you fell asleep not long after." Fali didn't want to open Portia's wounds.

Portia still felt embarrassed: "Thank you...I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

"It's just a small thing, nothing troublesome. Get up and have some breakfast. You will feel better." Fali said.

When Portia came to the restaurant, she found that the breakfast served by Chen Zhao and Fali's family was so rich and a bit scary.

It was even more sumptuous than the breakfast provided by the hotel. She really didn't understand how much time Chen Zhao and Fali spent preparing breakfast.