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Arthur had told Mandy that after watching how serious Steph was about her career, he had decided to invest on it to help her achieve fame.
“She will be making an unbelievable amount of money. And this from the shows alone. Not to mention from marketing of her image and launching of products related to her.”
“Oh, that´s so exciting. Can I tell her right now?”“Of course, you can. But I have a better. Why don´t you bring her over here tomorrow morning, so she can meet our showbiz staff?”
“That´s great. Thank you, Arthur.”
“Don´t mention it. Go make your call now. I can see you can´t wait to tell her.”
With a cheerful ‘yep’, Mandy left his office and ran to get her phone.
MUSIC CAREER
Arthur was explaining to a very attentive Steph about his vision of her career.
“You´ve built an internet presence and shown that y
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