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 When
Sophia meets for the first time Celeste DiNapoli, this is under the
identity of Crystal Rose that she introduces herself. Celeste is a
prostitute with a big heart, with a lot of humanity, kindness and
gentleness. Soon she found embedded in the case of the video
rapist. Contacted by him to trap Father Michael Donnelly, she
quickly offers her services to the police to help to track him down. Her
courage thus helps Cruz and Michael to identify the rapist as Dr. Zack
Kelton and refocus their researches.
Celeste,
through this adventure, met Michael and above all decided to change her
life. Michael becomes the sincere friend who encourages her to leave
prostitution and find another job, and also a better respect for
herself. Because
Celeste doubts a lot, since the death of her mother and the rejection of
which she is the subject by her father, a narrow-minded and violent man.
But
her reconversion is even harder than her way crosses that of Dr. Scott
Clark, her great love of youth. Due
to his status as a renowned doctor and his engagement with the beautiful
Dr. Heather Donnelly, Celeste is persuaded that Scott will not want to
hear about her anymore if he learns the truth about her activities. She
still ends up being hired as a secretary at the community clinic opened
by Heather and Scott, before discovering that her break-up with him is
in fact due to a misunderstanding. At
the high school time, Scott had made a marriage proposal by mail, but
Celeste's father having destroyed the letter, she has never
known anything about it and took Scott's departure for a
separation. Her feelings for Scott getting thus amplified, it is
harder and harder for Celeste to live and work among the couple formed
by Scott and Heather, Heather showing herself particularly jealous. This
is Lisa and Emily, her two younger sisters, who encourage Celeste to do
not lose hope yet.
After
suffering from pneumonia, Celeste discovers she has little chance of
getting pregnant one day, while Scott dreams of being a father and
Heather publicly announces her pregnancy. After
an umpteenth argument, Scott leaves her and finally opens
his heart to Celeste. Her
burst of honesty leads her to admit to Scott her past as a prostitute,
but he fails to override and returns with Heather and their baby.
Celeste ends up by disappearing after her sister Emily's
wedding, alone and almost as unhappy as she always was...
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«People
fascinate me»,
1988
