HWI 1

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Hollywood What If Chapter 1

"Mister Gray? Do you hear me? Can you understand what I'm saying?" A lawyer asked him questions with worry. 

"Huh?"

Kazir Gray jolted up from his seat. He was gasping for air as he looked around. 

'What is this? Where am I? What is happening?'

Three W's questions struck him as his heart kept beating fast. His face was red as if he was having a seizure.

"Don't give me that look! I know that you're acting just to make me feel bad! Kazir, that will not work on me!"

A woman who was in her early 20s grumbled and glared at him hatefully. 

"Cassandra? Why are you here? I thought we were over?"

"Yeah, we're definitely over!"

The woman, Cassandra, was glaring daggers at him for some reason. 

Suddenly, an unbelievable idea knocked on his aching head. 

'... Did I return to the past?' 

Kazir Gray died in an accident when he was 58 years old. He was hit by a truck and thought that his life was over. 

He regret a lot of things but he knew that he could never bring back the past, but...

'I'm back.'

He thought to himself. Kazir was a small-time director and he filmed a few movies. Unfortunately, only a handful entered the cinema and his works never became famous. 

"... Wow!"

Despite having a painful headache, Kazir chuckled. 

"What is wrong with you? This is the reason I want to leave you."

Cassandra was looking at him with a hateful glare but Kazir didn't bother. 

'I already moved on. Sure, I regret our separation but I don't want to be with you.'

Kazir recalled that today should be the day when he would become single again. 

'This is a room where I will sign my divorce paper.'

He looked at the lawyer. 

"I understand it Mister Kazir, but you have to realize that your wife doesn't love you anymore." The lawyer sighed. He thought Kazir completely lost his mind because he was acting suspiciously. Thankfully, it seemed Kazir was only shocked. 

"I know a lot of people who became depressed after divorce but you have to be strong."

"You don't have to give me a lesson. You're my wife's lawyer, so fuck off."

"Excuse me?"

He was dumbfounded because Kazir's attitude turned 180°. 

The man regained his demeanor and looked at his wife. 

"Cassandra, I just want to say that you are a big fucking whore. While I'm working hard to give you everything you need and want, you cheated with a rich guy and lost my trust. And now you're asking for half of my money? What a fucking bitch you are."

"Kazir Gray! Don't talk to me like that!"

"You are fucking bitch. And you know what, I don't care about you. Not anymore. If you want half of my everything, go on. You can have it."

"... Humph?"

She scoffed. She had to take half of his possession after the divorce and she didn't care about Kazir. 

Their marriage was warm and lovely at first, but Cassandra wanted more and Kazir could not give it to her. So she found a sugar daddy and cheated. 

"You want the house? Okay fine."

Kazir signed the papers. He didn't bother reading since he knew most of them. 

His only property, the house, he didn't need it anymore. He was disgusted by Cassandra's act of cheating. 

'They used my house while I was working. They can swallow it all they want.'

"Now that we're over, I want to leave this place."

Kazir didn't want to stay in this place. The face of his ex-wife was so ugly that he wanted to break her nose. 

"..."

Cassandra was actually confused. She thought Kazir would fight back and protect his property. She didn't expect that he easily agree after the first confrontation.

"Not that it matters, I have his house and 17 thousand dollars in the bank." 

She didn't actually spend any money on the house, it was all from Kazir's pocket, but she easily got it after the divorce. What a great way to live! 

.........

......

...

"Thank God I'm still alive."

Kazir knew the future and the divorce case lasted a year and cost him all of his energy. It made him depressed for a long time. 

"But I will never do that this time. I already moved on. Since I'm going to lose the house anyway, I might as well give it earlier."

He sighed and sat on the bench. His head was not aching anymore. 

Instead of being sad, he felt wonderful that he was still alive. Furthermore, he returned to the past.

'I don't know what's happening but I will cherish this chance.'

With his memories of the past, Kazir would do his best to live the best life. 

"Now, let's start with finding a place to sleep..."

The remaining balance in his account was 17 thousand after Cassandra 'stole' the half. 

"That's enough to live for a few months."

He smiled. In his opinion, money was not a problem. He could invest in a few companies such as Apple and Google. 

"I think Google still doesn't exist. It's October 1994."

After taking a few minutes of rest and calming his mind, Kazir decided to take his first step. 

'In my whole life, the biggest regret I had was that I failed at making a box office movie.'

His decision was firm. He knew that he could not be the best in the world like James Cameron, but he was confident in making great movies. 

"After all,  I know the movies that will win the cinema."