Off-Camera
Paradise Beach
Mykonos, Greece
Friday, August 15, 2025
?:?? PM local time
Sitting on the beach in a pink bikini after a photoshoot and staring at her phone, Seleana Zdunich waits for her call to connect. This was one of the times the phone was both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, her wife, Christina "Crystal" Zdunich, had insisted on it being the latest, most expensive model that money could buy so it worked everywhere imaginable. On the other hand, just seeing it reminded Seleana of her wife and everything she tended to do and with everything going on with Mercedes Vargas lately, that was not necessarily a good thing.
Voice: Hello?
Seleana smiles at the voice of her daughter, Aurora, back home in Las Vegas.
Seleana Zdunich: Heya, Rori, how's it?
Aurora grins at seeing her mother on her screen.
Aurora Zdunich: How's Greece, Mommy?
Seleana shrugs almost playfully.
Seleana Zdunich: So far, loads of photos but it is a beach with a professional.
Aurora laughs.
Aurora Zdunich: Is it still Frankie Holliday?
Nodding, Seleana sighs slightly.
Seleana Zdunich: Ja, she will be interesting…
Aurora scoffs.
Aurora Zdunich: Mommy, no! This will be you showing who you are! You go down there and show that snake liar lady why you've won championships here!
Seleana grins into her camera at her daughter.
Seleana Zdunich: Jag älskar dig.
Aurora smiles sweetly.
Aurora Zdunich: I love you too, Mommy!
The call ends and Seleana nods, smiling happily. Just then, her phone chimes to notify of an incoming text. Seleana sees the message and shakes her head.
Seleana Zdunich: Nu jävlar…
A second later, the phone rings for another call. Seleana answers to hear the voice of a talent agent from back at the Rose Productions Studio, Samantha Johnston.
Samantha Johnson: Sel, Baby, Darling, how are you doing? How did the shoot go today?
Seleana Zdunich: Heya, Chickie, how's it?
Samantha Johnson: So, how did the shoot go?
Seleana shrugs.
Seleana Zdunich: It was a shoot. I sit in bikini. Look bored. They shoot photos.
Samantha Johnson: I bet you looked stunning too. And your match this weekend?
Again, Seleana shrugs.
Seleana Zdunich: It with Frankie Holliday. She will sling skit, make hens out of feathers, disrespect. We will fight. Same old everything with her.
Samantha Johnson: And what about, you, Christina and Alex, Darling? Any way I can convince you all to do a shoot together there on the nude beach?
Seleana shakes her head in equal parts astonishment and annoyance.
Seleana Zdunich: Alex is no here. Christina and I will soon have an argument.
Samantha Johnson: Oh no, Baby, that's no bueno. We need you two on the same page.
Seleana shrugs, annoyance building into anger.
Seleana Zdunich: That has not been true in a long time, even more so now with Mercedes Vargas.
Samantha Johnson: Baby, Darling, you have to know she's acting.
Seleana Zdunich: With her or with me?
Samantha Johnson: Yes?
Seleana sighs exasperatedly.
Seleana Zdunich: Do you both want #FreeSeleana to be a thing again? It will and she never handle well.
Samantha Johnson: You must do something, Darling. You cannot allow that to happen.
Seleana Zdunich: I can do nothing if she will not talk or listen to me. There is nothing I can do if Christina refuse to change anything.
She pauses to nod in acknowledgment.
Seleana Zdunich: I am afraid.
Samantha Johnson: Of what, Darling?
Seleana Zdunich: That she is cheating again. That she is drinking again. That she use cocaine again. That they all feed into each other and will drive everyone away. I no want take kids and leave.
She looks down trying not to start bawling.
Seleana Zdunich: I love her, she does not need to pretend for me. I love Christina. Everyone else just see Crystal. Crystal is an illusion but sometimes I worry she cannot tell the difference.
Samantha Johnson: You will save her, Darling. It's what you do.
Seleana nods sadly.
Seleana Zdunich: If she let me.
Samantha Johnson: You will, Darling. It is who you are. There is no question. She digs the hole and you drag her out even if it's kicking and screaming. You will do it, Darling.
The call ends and Seleana turns her phone off.
Seleana Zdunich: I hope so, Chickie. I hope so.
