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Runway music plays in the background as models get changed and artists do their makeup. Eliza runs around arranging everyone for the showcase coming up in a few minutes.
“Winn!” calls out Eliza as she speed walks towards him. Winn turns around in a hurry catching off balance, “Eliza! what’s going on?”
She pushes a pair of pants towards him, “I need you to fix these pants for me, Lucy said they fit to loose on her.” Winn quickly grabs the pants and starts adjusting the measurements.
Eliza walks to the other side of the room as models complain about the heat, “How is everyone feeling, can someone turn on the AC please?”
She continues to call orders so everyone is ready and prepared, she finally stops to calm her nerves and looks at her watch.
Lillian should be here by now…
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Inside a church Lillian continues to pray.
Lillian is on her knees crying as she prays. “Lord, please give me the strength to continue to find my little girl, please let there be a miracle,” she says as tears continue to stream from her eyes.
20 years before…
Lillian cradles a beautiful baby girl in her arms while she looks at her alpha’s tombstone. “I promise to take care of her for the both of us.. I-i miss you s-so much,” she says with a watery smile.
As the baby starts to whimper Lillian heads back to her small car and places the baby in the car seat, “please don’t cry Lena, mama’s here.”
16 years before…
Lillian, Lena, Eliza, and Eliza’s 7 year old daughter have dinner together at a restaurant. As the two young women pay for the bill, they decide to part ways for the night. “I’ll see you tomorrow Eliza.” “Have a nice night Lillian”.
Lillian and Lena hold hands down the sidewalk when Lena lets go and runs off. “Lena sweetie slow down, don’t run off too far.” Lena doesn’t hear and runs off into the street as an approaching car speeds up, “Lena come back!”
The car continues to speed, and as it is about to hit Lena, Lillian pushes her out of the way and gets hit. People gather around Lillian and start calling 911. During the whole chaos, Lena cries and looks around for her mama not knowing she was just hit in front of her.
Lillian wakes up in a hospital bed as Eliza tearfully looks at her with so much sorrow. “Lena!” yells out Lillian as she looks around the room for her daughter. She sits up with a painful groan coming from her mouth.
“Lilly, p-please.. L-lie down.. I hav-ve to tell you s-something,” Eliza says. “Where is my daughter Eliza?! Let me see her, is she ok?!” Eliza continues to cry not knowing how to tell her best friend the heartbreaking news.
“L-lizzy please let me see her!” Lillian begs.
“She’s gone Lillian, w-we’ve l-looked everywhere for her a-and we can’t find her!” Eliza says as Lillian screams and cries. “No! N-no no no, this can’t be true! Eliza w-we have to find her we have to!” cries hard Lillian as Eliza just hugs her hard and cries with her.
Over the next couple weeks, months, and year, Eliza and Lillian continued to look for Lena but with no hope they never did. As a way to support themselves, they started designing clothes and started a small business. Soon that business progressed to something big and they were offered a big opportunity to relocate to the states. Eliza tried to persuade Lillian but she was reluctant since Lena was still nowhere to be found in Ireland. Finally, Lillian gave in and moved to the states with Eliza and her daughter Alex. Soon after, Lillian found a new mate, a widow named Zander Zor-el who had two children named Kara and Clark. They got married but Lillian never revealed she had a lost daughter, as she was afraid she would get rejected and kept that secret til this day. She continued to become one of the most famous designers and became one of the biggest ones in the country, her company known as ‘House of L’
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Lillian arrives at the showcase and hugs Eliza. “I knew you’d be back before the show,” Eliza said as she lets Lillian go.
“How is everyone going?” Lillian said as she looked around. Eliza grabs her hand and shows her around. “Everything is prepared, and I believe the new collection is going to be very liked.”
Lillian looks around and her smile drops, she walks up to a model and looks at the dresser, “Who decided these accessories?” The dresser walks up to Lillian and the model, “I did ma’am.”
“Change them please, make sure they match with the design of the dress and they match with my style.” “Yes, Mrs. Luthor.”
Lillian watches them walk away, “Lillian? You took forever to get here because you were at the church, weren't you?”
Lillian turns around and faces Eliza, “you know I’ll always go to the church to pray for her when I can.” The two women look at each other with sad smiles.
The fashion show begins and models walk down the runway.
Eliza and Lillian watch through the TV monitor as the models continue to walk. Eliza looks at Lillian as she pets the toy doll Lena used to have. “Lilly, don’t you ever think maybe it’s time for the truth?” Lillian turns her head to look at her, “Eliza.. I don’t know.”
“Lilly, you and I have been through everything together, I’m just telling you to know I’ll always be here.. but don’t you think it’s time. You have a family now, a husband who loves you, kids who love you. I don’t think anything will change.”
Lillian sighs and pinches in between her eyebrows, “I know I know, but it’s hard.. Can we talk about this later please?” Eliza looks at her sympathetically and nods.
As the showcase comes to an end, Lillian walks up the runway and waves at the crowd, closing the show.
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The next day
People walk into the conference room as Eliza and Lillian sit and discuss last night's showcase.
As designers and other employees take a seat, Lillian looks around to make sure everyone is here. “We have an empty chair? Who are we missing?”
Alex, Eliza’s daughter, cringes as she speaks up, “Um.. we’re missing you know who..” Lillian sighs and looks at the clock.
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A handsome blonde alpha is seen driving through the streets as she looks into the rear view mirror. Today’s gonna be a good day, I just know it!
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Lillian looks at the clock one more time and puts her papers down, “Alex, will you please shut the door.” Alex puts down the papers she was looking at and stands up, “Yes ma-”
“with the lock,” Lillian orders calmly. Alex and Eliza share a look and proceed to lock the door. Lillian smiles at the others in the room and clears her throat, “alright everyone shall we get started?”
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The blonde looks at her watch as she approaches the building and her eyes widen, “Shoot!” She pulls up to the building and grabs her things as she hands the keys to the valet.
She quickly pulls on the jacket to her suit and runs through the building as omegas stop to say hi. “Hi! Sorry I can't chat right now,” she says as she dodges them.
She gets to the room she needs to be in and finds the door locked. “Alex! Mom! The doors locked! A little help!” she says as she bangs on the door lightly.
Everyone looks at Lillian while she just smirks and shakes her head. The blonde waits outside for almost half a hour till she hears the door unlock and everyone walks out.
Alex pats her shoulder as she walks past the blonde alpha, “good luck.” The blonde groans and walks into the room as Lillian finishes packing her things.
Lillian sends a small glare at her, “You were late.. again.”
The blonde just sends her a guilty look, “I know and I’m sorry, I had a really good reason though.” Lillian looks at her skeptically. “Go on, what do you have for me this time?”
The blonde goes into this full explanation about seeing an old lady getting robbed and stopping and fighting the burglars and how the cops finally showed up and she knocked out all the bad guys.
Lillian raises an impressive eyebrow and the alpha’s facial features says it all. “You could have just said you overslept Kara.”
The blonde exhales a breath she didn’t know she was holding and just gives one of her cheeky grins, “I know but doesn’t my story sound so much cooler!”