Kelly was a famous and sought-after actress. Her successful career made her a millionaire in the city. But everything was not good in her life. Sadly, she fell in love with the wrong guy, Jim. He was not only a cheater but also lived off her. He also had another problem: the gambling problem.
Kelly was in love with him. Jim made lots of big debts and people came to Kelly to pay their debts. Like everyday Ms. Kelly just arrived her house and this time her gardener informed her that there were people there to see her. Over and over again, Kelly paid off her husband's constant debts so that rumors of his addiction didn't leak to the press and damage her reputation.
Blinded by love, she had no idea she was in a toxic relationship with a gambling addict. She became happy and felt loved when she saw Jim. But in Jim's case, he only wanted money. It continued until it to to the point that when she came back from the hospital with their newborn daughter.
Kelly and Jim had a beautiful daughter. But he didn't go to the hospital to see or receive the daughter at home. When Kelly came to him and showed their beautiful daughter, instead of congratulations her husband said something else. He was looking embarrassed as every time he looked after having a big lose. He told Kelly that he needed 20 million dollars as soon as possible.
Kelly was shocked at this and said that she didn't had that kind of money because she already paid 15 million for his last debt. Kelly didn't find out how this could be possible. Jim confessed that he that time gambled with some very dangerous people and then he lost. He told her that they would come for the money at any time and insisted her that they had to run right then.
Kelly looked at her innocent daughter and Jim said that they would had to leave the baby. She got angry with him and asked if he was crazy. She said that there was no way to leave her. Jim tried to convinced her saying if the dangerous people found them, they would take the daughter down first. Kelly got so scared and had no choice.
She went out of the room and went to her gardener to ask for help. She said to him that he was the kindest man she knew. She requested him to hide her baby and take care of her. She handed it over him and promised that she would be back for her soon. The gardener, Andrew was very fond of Kelly because she was always to him and others and so he agreed to help her.
After securing her daughter's place, Kelly went away with Jim. In a hurry, Jim drove her to the next state. And stopped near a motel. They started to stay in that motel in the middle of nowhere. This could be last. But this was not, it was a beginning of sad and intolerable story instead.
Kelly was relaxing after a long day. She was thinking about her newborn baby and her life. This time Jim came to and said to tell her lawyer to sell the house and transfer money to her account. She showed a reason that otherwise those dangerous people would just burn it.
Kelly thought for a while and found out that Jim was right. She took the phone and did what Jim said. Soon the house was sold and the lawyer transferred all the money in her account. That time she got money to spend for her daughter. She was about to send the money to the gardener to support her daughter. But she didn't find a dime in her account. It was empty.
Jim returned to her at late night and he said that he bet everything to make a big score and pay his debts so that they could go back to normal life again. But he had lost it all. Kelly couldn't believe what was happening. She was desperate because she had nothing left and couldn't come back for her daughter because there were thugs waiting for her in the hometown.
Kelly wanted to call the police. She took the phone and dialed. But Jim stopped her doing this. He broker her phone and told her not to do anything. He told Kelly that the police wouldn't be able to pay the debt instead of him. He made a cunning decision to report those people that they were dead it might work.
He also promised her that he would soon win big money and repay his debt. But Kelly didn't believed a word of it anymore. She had seen many in her life. And for the sake of her beloved daughter, find a way out of it herself.
It was not so hard for her to find a job. She worked as a janitor at night and a cashier by day. All the money she saved was sent to the gardener for her daughter. In rare spare minutes, she was writing a script about herself and what she had to go through. While Jim just sat on the couch and depressed after another card game he lost. He celebrated his lost in the couch with glass of wine.
It took about a year for Kelly to finished the script. Then she sent it to a film producer she knew. When he had read through it, he phoned Kelly and exclaimed that he was thrilled. She also got happy and she knew it worth a lot. She asked if he could pay 20$ for it. The producer said that he would give her 30 million instead because it was worth it.
Kelly got her life back. She didn't say anything to Jim and just left the motel. She took her fee and paid off Jim's creditors. And then she called him for the last time. She told him that she had two pieces of news. First one was she paid all of his debts. He got super excited at this. And the second was she filed for divorce which again made him a unaired balloon.
When she went to the gardener's house, she saw that he was taking care of her daughter and was telling her stories. At once she found out that all that time, the gardener, Andrew took good care of her little baby. She was so touched and thankful that she offered him to move into her house with her.
Kelly said to Andrew that he had saved her daughter and so from then he was a family member. He replied that he was so attached to the baby already that. He considered it as a gift to watch her growing up.
After a while, Kelly was invited to star in a movie based on her own script. Soon the role won her the highest award- an OSCAR!
Jim on the other hand, never won anything but prison time. He went back into amassing a big debt but there was no Kelly around to save him again. Because she was busy living a happy life with her beloved family.
Keep in it memory that addiction is the only prison, where the locks are on the inside.
The title attracted me to the story and each line is worth reading . I'm happy for Kelly that she got her life back. Addiction can be killing...