Fractured Stories - Volume 4 (Bright Lights)

Fractured Stories - Volume 4, subtitled Bright Lights, is the fourth volume of the Beyond comic series Fractured Stories in SapphireFoxx Beyond. It was released from July 5, 2024 to September 7, 2024, with a total of 65 pages, from pages 159 to 223.
== Synopsis ==
“Struggling to make ends meet, Kyle/Kylie isn’t sure where to turn next. However, his wish might up getting answered by an unlikely source: Lorraine coming out of retirement as an agent. Lorraine already had a very successful modeling client with Caroline, who is to say that she can’t work her magic again with a new face?”
== Production ==
* Producer: Sam Mokler
* Writer: Paul Sell
== Characters ==
== Plot ==
Back in Melbourne (a few days after the events seen in vol 2) Kailey is still upset about loosing a promising career in Landscaping. Now that she’s had to fully accept life as Kailey she can’t take credit for any of the work she did as Kyle and wishes for a decent career. As Kailey walks down the street thinking to herself she is approached by Lorraine Rose. Lorraine has Kailey’s purse she left behind while shopping and upon returning it to her talks a bit with her about having seen her at the pet shop that recently went out of business. Kailey confirms that she’s still looking for a new career as Lorraine questions what she plans to do now. Lorraine then invites Kailey to join her for lunch saying she may be able to help her. The two go to a restaurant and Lorraine brings up the idea that Kailey could look into being a model and Lorraine would gladly be her talent agent thanks to her past experience with Caroline Rose and Oliver Thomson. Kailey is hesitant and at first thinks she’s joking but Lorraine insists she’s serious and talks up the job to her. After hearing a few highlights Kailey begins to like the idea. Lorraine, however, mentions that for her to get decent success she’d likely have to move to New York. Kailey is now hesitant again as while she has not work or families ties keeping her in Melbourne she does still have her friends Eva, Lilly, and Miley that she’s not sure she wants to leave behind if she moves. Kailey asks for some time to think it over and Lorraine agrees giving her her contact information before Leaving her at the table to think. 
Two days later Kailey meets Lilly at the beach for a day out. Lilly talks about how she made a move on Troy, the guy Kailey saw at her office the other day and that she’s considering being in a serious relationship with him. Kailey is surprised that she’s willing to be serious with a guy given her history as Blake. As the two apply sun lotion to each other Kailey explains her job offer and how it would involve her moving to New York but she’s worried about leaving the other girls behind. Lilly however seems excited as she knows Kailey has talked about seeing more of the world and traveling a bit. She also tells her how the rest of the group all seem to be going there own ways in their new lives. Eva is considering moving back to South Korea, Miley is looking into going back to college now that she’s young again. And now that Lilly’s found a guy who accepts her and she’s willing to commit to she’s going her own way as well. The two then go for a swim and splash around a bit as they talk. Kailey brings up finding her own date and while Lilly admits she’d date her if she didn’t already have Troy Kailey mentions how they’ve talked about that before but she isn’t attracted to women with a “pocket rocket”. Lilly understands fully and tells Kailey she’s bound to find a girl who will like her in no time if she becomes a model. After a bit more fun in the ocean Kailey agrees that its an opportunity she can’t pass up and calls Lorraine to accept the offer. She also mentions to Lorraine how she’d like to explore a bit beyond modeling and look into other things like acting and singing. Lorraine agrees they can look into it and they begin to make plans to move Kailey to New York. Kailey and Lilly embrace with Lilly promising to keep in touch and visit on occasion. 
Two days later Kailey and her dog Shilo arrive with Lorraine in New Your at her new apartment Lorraine has already arranged for her. While the two talk about Kailey making a portfolio to start her modeling escapades there’s a knock at the door. Kailey answers it and greets her new next door neighbor, a young woman named Angela Benedict. After introductions are out of the way Angela tells Kailey how she moved to New York from Texas and has since made a name for herself on Broadway. Kailey admires her both for character and body and the two sit on the coach talking a bit more while Lorraine listens in. In short time the two girls hit it off talking about their careers with Angela having a big up coming role as a princess on Broadway and Kailey new the spot light but eager to take the first steps. They both seem to admire each other and sparks begin to form between them. Finally after promising to help Kailey out a bit Angela leaves and Lorraine comes up to speak to Kailey. After talking about Kailey’s clear attraction to Angela and her interest in a play they had mentioned Lorraine agrees to make some calls to set up an audition as well as prep a photo shoot for Kailey to build her portfolio tomorrow. Kailey is happy to begin settling in to her place as Lorraine wonders about helping set up Kailey and Angela.
The next day Lorrain and Kailey go to get her portfolio done where Lorrain introduces her to Brooke and Olivia who have agreed to help out. Olivia is pregnant following the events of "Setting you Straight" and is expecting a little girl. She and Brooke have also gotten engaged and are due to get married after the baby's born. Kailey wonders how Olivia got pregnant at first but after introductions are out of the way and she goes with Brooke to get her measurements done she notices when Brooke starts to get a hard on. While Brooke apologizes for loosing control after admiring Kailey's figure Kailey is surprised but accepting thanks to her friendship with Lilly. While the group all gossip and get to know each other Kailey tries on several outfits including a sexy dress and lingerie while Oliva takes her pictures and coaches her on a few poses and walks. She finishes off with an elegant princess dress and puts her hair in a pony tail to look like a character in the play she plans to audition for alongside Angela. Brooke and Olivia finish up and wish her luck promising to have her portfolio done quickly. 
The next day Lorrain and Kailey arrive at the Theater for her audition for "The Princess and Werewolf" (Parody of Beauty and the Beast) . Kailey meets the producer Mitch Campbell and the director Kirk Trousdale who are eager to see her audition. Kailey takes stage and gets ready to sing for them but starts to get nervous. Lorrain senses this and decides to up Kailey's performance with her magic. As Kailey starts to sing Lorrain enhances her voice. Kirk and Mitch praise her performance but ask her to move onto acting out a scene with another actor. A man named Marcus Simon who is playing the role of Gideon (parody of Gaston). Kailey is less than thrilled to have to perform with a man but feels pretending to feel attracted to him may help her acting game and acts out the scene with him very well. Marcus gets a bit overly flirty and clearly drawn to Kailey but she manages to play it off and impress Mitch and Kirk. Lorrain also uses her magic to influence their decision and they agree that Kailey has the part once they finish the scene. As they head off Marcus keeps trying to flirt with Kailey but she reflects his attempts and moves to ask about Angela. Angela comes out from back stage soon after and starts to talk with Kailey only for Marcus to jump into flirting again. Despite Marcus' forwardness Angela and Kailey both wave him off and then start talking more. Angela suggests they spend some more time together to "rehearse" and offers to make Kailey her famous Gumbo tonight back home and the two agree to the date. 
Later that day back at Kailey's new apartment Angela makes a batch of her Gumbo and the two begin to move fast admitting their attraction to one another. After a brief talk the two kiss and begin to strip down and begin foreplay with both admiring how fast the other is. Kailey wonders if she should admit the truth about being a man before but also thinks her experiences with one night stands as Kyle will help her pleasure Angela well. The two star off by playing with each others' breasts. After a short while the the two strip down the rest of the way and Kailey carries Angela to the bedroom. There the two women eat each other out and are both in awe of each other before moving on to Scissoring. Though Kailey admits to Angela how she's never scissored before. Angela assumes this is her first time with a women but Kailey just deflects the question saying how she's figuring her new feelings out. The two scissor, finger and fondle each other for a while longer until they finally wear themselves out. They both then cuddle a bit and compliment each other before drifting to sleep. 
the next morning the two wake up and share some coffee while they talk a bit more about making this a more regular thing and about what kind of acting and modeling Kailey wants to get into more. Kailey mentions how Olivia had mentioned glamor modeling and that she could try some of that out with Angela right now. Kailey then starts to undress and puts on nothing but an apron to model and put on a show for Angela to take some pictures. She continues to model with shots in the shower, on the coach, and with lingerie while she and Angela have some more fun with each other. 
One year later Kailey and Angela have continued to date and go to visit Brooke and Olivia who have had their daughter Kimberly. They all talk about their modeling and acting careers quickly improving. When they start to talk about Lorain’s skills as an agent Olivia mentions her “magic powers”. Kailey at first thinks this was a euphemism and Olivia catches her self and tries to laugh it off. But after a moment Kailey starts to wonder and thinks to herself about some odd things that happened to her and her friends like Eva’s family thinking she’s always been a woman and Miley having called her after her mind calmed down and mentioning Lorrain. She begins to suspect the truth and thinks about calling Lilly to see if she’s heard of Lorrain thinking that if she has it would confirm that Lorrain really is magical like the “blue haired witch”.