se studio. The city was just waking up, the streets of New York were slowly filling with the hustle and bustle o

hes and sketches. She loved this place, it was where her creativity came alive. But

d was filled with determination. She experimented with different fabrics, textures, and c

ier contracts, and whatnot. Lila sighed as she looked at them. The b

ported a worried look on her face. "And

tration that bubbled up. "We'll figure it out,

s phone rang. It was Victor Vane - a fellow designer who seeme

Victor sneered over the phone. "It's n

"Sparkle Rose is not for sale," sh

d with doubts and worries. But after a few minutes, she lifted her head, determination replacing the discoura

fingers tracing the lines of a sketch. In a fit of frustration, she

smell of coffee and the soft hum of conversation helped soothe her frazzled nerve

after the next big story. Her long, straight black hair was pulled back into a ponytai

ile spreading across her face.

ise evident on her face. "Lila? Oh my

It felt like a lifetime ago when they used to

ress out of newspaper for our final project?" L

rget? We got an A for creativ

g out the noise around them. For the first tim

iny looks back in college to a bursty robust body shape. Suddenly Lila and Maya's laughter su

. It's been tough with Sparkle Rose

on studio?"

o a few walks away fro

h?" May

studio" Llia sai

er head and staring at Lila's face hoping to find a smile o

she looked at the window wanting to find Sparkle Rose Lila's

'm paying and still not making any sales" Lila lamented and was

ost talented designers I know," she said earnestly. Look at you you've made it, look at y

ir current lives. Maya shared stories about her adventures as a journalist while Lila sat

jesting about their lives, then Maya looked at her watch and saw the time was

take our leave from here now we've

ther time," Lila said, holding her second hand to

expression on her face. "Lila," she said firmly, "Be strong girl, don'

elling up in her eyes. "Than

Lila walked back to her studio, she felt a renewed sense of hope and

he day. With a determined glint in her eyes, she smoothed out the paper and picked up her p