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Ahmed once asked βWhat is the significance of the red carpet? Why do only some people get it?" βSome say it is a sign of merit,β said his father, βbut in Sardinia they lay it in the streets at New Year to stop the bottles of champagne breaking. Others say it is to keep the shoes of the famous clean, so they are not in the gutter like us. But even others say the red carpet symbolises the blood they have spilt to gain fame, or in the case of women, the lipstick they have used to allure men.β
This chapter is in the view of Embyr Macfarlan. Embyr is on a search for adventure in her boring day to day life. She's sick of the city where everyone is trailing to work. She's even sick of her two guy friends, Liam and Cabott, whining about everything. She discovers her love for insanity in a shopping cart ride, and meets a mysterious man named Martin. Martin influences her to investigate her past. She pesters her mother, Vanessa, to tell her about her childhood. Rain is mentioned many