Alexis Rhodes: Final Contract

Terence didn’t expect her to break so fast. He hadn’t expected her to offer the concession either.

‘’What’s that?’’ he asked innocently.

‘’I… I’ll do it,’’ she said, gritting her teeth. ‘’I’ll make you my promotional agent. Just destroy all of the tapes.’’

Terence pretended to weigh it. ‘’I think that sounds like a deal I could consider.’’

She hated the manipulation. ‘’Don’t you pretend that’s not what you were after from the start you bastard… I’ll do it okay?’’

He watched her. The blonde woman looked adorable with her hazel eyes on fire.

‘’I want an exclusive contract,’’ Terence insisted. ‘’I’m your only promotional agent. Fire all the others.’’

She wasn’t expecting this. ‘’I… I can’t do that. I’ve signed John for months, he could sue me.’’

‘’Not my problem,’’ Terence insisted. ‘’Make me your only promotional agent, otherwise, I’ll release the tape.’’

Resentfully, she nodded.

She hated the smug, self-satisfied look on Terence’s face. There was a brief awkward silence for her.

Finally, she stood up.

‘’Well, if there’s nothing else,’’ she said, turning around.

‘’Wait Alexis,’’ he said calmly. ‘’You don’t get to walk away from this so easily. There’s one more thing you have to do, and I’m afraid you won’t like it at all.’’

She looked scandalized.

Excitement rushed through Terence. This was the most important part. He bent down and removed something from inside his briefcase; it was a stapled document. He set it down on the table in front of her. He clicked a pen and dropped it too.

‘’You have to sign this Alexis,’’ he said.

Frowning, the woman picked up the document. It was some kind of a contract, it was very short but carefully crafted. She stood there, reading.

Terence watched her closely.

She reached the last part. There was a dotted line for her signature.

‘’It… it says that I have to make you my permanent and exclusive promotional agent,’’ she said, her eyes on the paper. ‘’Its ireversable and permanent. And…and as consideration I have to give you… … ninety-five percent of everything I have and make from all sources of income from now on…’’

Terence watched her greedily.

She threw it down; her face flashing with outrage.

‘’NO WAY!’’ she exclaimed. ‘’Do you think I’m STUPID?! There’s… there’s NO WAY I’m signing this!’’

Terence watched her hungrily. He wanted the woman to sign it, it would be so great.

‘’I…’’ she repeatedly firmly, ‘’I will NOT SIGN IT!’’

‘’You will sign girl,’’ he teased her.

‘’NO!’’ she insisted. “I WILL NOT!”

The woman turned around. Briskly, she headed for the door. Nothing was worth this. If she signed, she would be milked. She wasn’t going to let him exploit her like this.

Her boots thudded against the floor as she strode towards the door.

Terence knew he had her. He was already by the television again.

‘’Whatever you say Alexis,’’ Terence said. ‘’But before you finalize your decision, why don’t we finish watching our little movie?’’

And with that, he un-paused the video. The television resumed playing its piece, the evidence of Alexis Rhodes’s personality as a slut.

The real Rhodes stopped by the door, her teeth were bared. It was as if an invisible force held her boots down to the floor. She wanted to leave.

She knew it was pointless to watch, that is was stupid to watch. But a part of her needed to see it somehow… somehow, she felt compelled.

Terence watched her from behind, waiting by the television.

Alexis trembled for a few seconds. Then slowly, as if against her will, the woman turned around and faced the screen. She found herself confronted with her own past.