M&D ENTERTAINMENT : MAKEUP ROOM
The air was thick with setting spray, hairspray, and the quiet hum of ring lights being adjusted.
Lily stepped into the brightly lit makeup room, her bag slung over one shoulder, hair tied in a loose ponytail. The room was filled with chatter, the kind that always died down when someone walked in. But this time, it didn’t.
Three makeup chairs were already occupied, two stylists fluttering around the other models like bees. Eyeshadow palettes lay open like tiny rainbows, foundation bottles lined up in neat rows. One of the girls looked up briefly at Lily before returning her gaze to the mirror.
Lily found the only empty stool at the far end of the room. It didn’t have a stylist. Of course, it didn’t.
She sat down quietly and began unpacking her own small
