Saying she was startled was a bit of an understatement, she was mortified.
How much had they heard. Things were really getting out of control, and now it seemed like just a matter of time before the whole world knew about her.
‘ m..mendy what are you doing here?’ she stammered.
Mendy stared at her in disbelief.
‘ I was looking for tim and I found him just outside the door. I wanted to know what he was listening to from out there and when I heard your voice I came in incase you needed help’
 There was explosive silence and tension in the room. Julie swallowed hard. She looked from tim to mendy and back towards Justin. She was opening her mouth to say something when tim interrupted her.
‘ so, you were really screwing him. You can’t be that delusional Julie’ he said mockingly.
He scoffed ‘ so you broke up with me just so you can be with someone who is clearly out of your league. And what, you are even older than him. So younger guys are your type huh’
 Justin was not having it
‘ don’t talk to her like that’ he snapped.
All eyes turned to him.
There was silence for a second. He was giving tim death stares. Jim shook by his outburst and confidence felt slightly intimidated.
‘ well, glad I got all this on recording’ tim said holding up his phone.
‘ I wonder how the world would react when it finds out its golden boy has a child with a fan who is older than him’
 ‘ what!’ Julie said the color draining from her face.
Tim grinned. They were looking at him like he was crazy.
Julie mustered her courage
‘ there is no way you could have gotten anything from outside there. And besides nothing you just said is true’ she said.
Tim laughed, a slow little mocking laugh that infuriated Julie as well as every other person in the room.
‘ well then’
He made to press the play button on his phone, and in just that moment, and second, mendy in one swift movement snatched the phone from him and smashed it on the floor. She had thrown it with all might that the phone looked beyond repair.
In the midst of all the chaos and madness, Julie was grateful for mendy for that singular act. Tim was speechless and motionless for a full minute. He looked from what remained of his phone to mendy who was glaring right back at him.
‘ do you know what you have just done’ he queried her suppressing his anger.
‘ yes I know. And I also you that all you did was take advantage of me for your stupid revenge’
Mendy really had nothing against whatever Julie had going on with Justin. What she really felt was hurt and betrayal. She had really fallen for a psycho.
‘ do you two know each other?’ Julie asked her.
‘ yes….infact, we have just broken up’
‘ wait…. tim is the boyfriend you were talking about’ Julie asked in disbelief.
‘ was’ mendy said not taking her eyes off him.
‘ and im taking this’ she snatched the VIP pass tag she had given him. I’m gonna get security to throw you out, if you don’t leave now’
‘i still have my mouth. I can tell the press, and I will contact your label. You are all done for’ he threatened.
Mendy went to the door, opened it,stuck her head out in the corridor and yelled ‘security!’
Security came running in her direction.
She opened the door wider to let them through
‘ this guy is here without a VIP pass. I think he is a stalker or something’ she said.
‘ alright pal, let’s go’ one of the security personnel said. They tried to drag him by the arm, but he shook them off insisting that he would leave with them and did not need to be dragged.
‘ oh and Justin, Julie is a bad liar. That kid is yours’
‘ I did not ask for your opinion’ Justin said curtly.
Tim scoffed and left.
Justin’s manager was arriving just as Tim was being escorted out.
While he went to check on Justin, Mendy went to julie
‘ I am so sorry about that Julie. I really had no idea you two used to be a thing. I am so sorry, I did not mean to eavesdrop or anything like that’
‘ its fine. I just feel so overwhelmed right now. I don’t even know what to say. I am sorry I kept all this away from you’
‘ you don’t need to apologize about that. I was going to wait till whenever you were ready’
‘ I was scared’
‘ hey,hey. Its okay to be scared sometimes’
‘ so, him?’she gestured towards justin
Julie shook her head,signalling that there was someone else in the room with them.
‘ julie, I still need an answer’ justin said from behind her.
She turned to face him
‘my answer is still no. We have a show to round up’ and with that she left the room.