How Do You Know?

Phoebe Wren (Anna Claire Clouds) is a famous actress and model going through an existential crisis after a public scandal. Ever since then, she's bitterly hidden herself away, putting her already rocky career even more at risk. After ignoring numerous phone calls and text messages, Phoebe finds herself in the presence of a friendly stranger one morning. Piper, a writer from Phoebe’s management team, introduces himself to the stranger. The woman has been assigned to help Phoebe with PR, and get her back into the good graces of the public... And what better way to begin than ghostwriting Phoebe’s memoires. Phoebe ISN'T thrilled to hear this, her guard up as she scathingly insists that NO ONE wants to know the REAL her. This doesn't deter Piper at all, who not only becomes more curious but determined to find a way over Phoebe's walls. Piper keeps on probing all day long, much to Phoebe’s dismay. Phoebe decides that it is time to end the investigation once Piper mentions Phoebe’s former boyfriend, Trevor. It's definitely a pain point, with Piper believing what everyone else believes: that Trevor had an affair and ran away with her personal assistant, Luna. Phoebe sets the record straight for Piper by admitting she didn't love Trevor... but was in an illicit lesbian relationship. Phoebe loved her, which is why she was devastated when Luna had an affair and ran off with Trevor, who had only ever been her boyfriend to keep up public appearances. Piper is moved by Phoebe's continued talk of how she was forced to hide herself in the closet for her career and image. Seeing this vulnerability and realizing how tormented Phoebe's been because she's had no one to talk to touches Piper deeply and creates an unexpected spark. Piper's brushing aside of Phoebe’s hair, and the two locking their gazes is when Piper shows Phoebe she's worth love and she's never alone.