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Model Perfect Chapter 15: The Sleepover
It's midnight and Arlo is still with me. He hasn't left my side since Hunter attacked me. Flashback of the Haunted House breakthrough. I don't know what to do now. Breaking up with Hunter is risky business, but staying with him was dangerous for my body. I can still feel his hands inserting themselves into places I never agreed to, but despite it, I have to stay with Hunter. He and Model Perfect are a package deal because Aftershock is owned by them. All these decisions make me never want to become an adult. "Emma, do you want to go inside? We've been sitting here for an hour? I don't mind sitting all night if that's what you need?" He grabs my hand, and a part of me is hesitant to ever be touched again. I'm still a bit shaken from Hunter putting his weight on me. Was he lying that he hurt Tanya? I am so mind fucked with and toyed with I don't what's real anymore. With Arlo, my life is reflected in a camera lens, and with Hunter, the hall of mirrors is a guessing game of truth or d
Last Updated : 2022-08-17Model Perfect Chapter 16: The Confident Model
The next morning Arlo's arms are around my body. He held me all night long and kept me safe from the evil demons that try to take control of me. I roll over onto his chest and put my head next to his. Arlo kisses me, and it's an innocent kiss. The fact that he is still here must mean that he has some feelings for me too."Want me to bring you up some donuts and coffee? I have a few apples too if you want one?""Yeah, sure that sounds nice, babe." Arlo didn't even notice that he's called me babe. He's half asleep and I don't make a big deal about it, at least not on the outside. My insides are fireworks and butterflies. Hunter never gave me a nickname. It was only until Rosa mentioned something to him, that he would on occasion. But not Arlo, he's called me that naturally and of his own accord. I collect Arlo and my breakfast from the kitchen. I deliver it to him on an old tray we used for breakfast in bed on birthdays. "This is nice. Thanks for getting this ready for me.""Listen,
Last Updated : 2022-08-23Model Perfect Chapter 17: The Girlfriend
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Arlo asks again. It's not that I don't hear what he's asking. Instead, I don't know how to respond. Dating Arlo would end my modeling career, but so would cancer."Arlo, it's complicated. I want to be your girlfriend...I really do. But I literally just ended it with, Hunter yesterday. Can I have a few days to let what's happened between us sink in? I love you, Arlo. I just need time. Okay?" "Hey, that's fine. It's good enough for me."I need to be frank with Arlo. He needs me to speak freely and be myself. "Arlo, I need you to remember that I did sign a contract with Model Perfect. Unfortunately, Hunter is apart of that public image. If you don't mind me faking it for the public, then I think we could make this work behind closed doors."He pulls away from me still naked in my sheets. I almost forgot that he slept with me last night. "He harmed you, Emma. You can't let him get away with it. You just can't.""He gets away with whatever he likes. I'
Last Updated : 2022-08-23Model Perfect Chapter 18: Telling Freddie
I haven't seen or heard from Hunter since Halloween night. He didn't come to class, and Jeremiah Winters refuses to tell me anything. Even Rosa has kept her distance from me. Rosa and I are these back and forth friends lately. She's a game or yoyo I can't win. We are friends and then not. She used to worship the ground I walk upon. But getting into Jeremiah's pants has apparently made her change sides.She supposedly believed me when I accused Hunter of hitting me. But from her lack of talking to me, I can tell it was for show. Or she really doesn't know where her loyalties lie. For the Queen of gossip she really needs to get her facts straight.It's photography and English combo class today. I am nervous to see Arlo. I haven't seen him since our intense kiss. He's been missing from school too.Just then, Arlo walks into the classroom with his shoulders rolled back. He's wearing a black leather jacket and sits right beside me like he does every combo class. But today is different, now
Last Updated : 2022-08-23Model Perfect Chapter 19: What are Friends For
What are best friends for? I often ask myself this when I see other girls in the hallways at school. I don't mean Rosa Higgins. She's the closest thing I will get to a real friend. But the truth of it is she and I aren't even close to being best friends. It took breaking up with Hunter to realize that. Rosa Higgins is an abstract concept that I have learned to admire. Her talons, claws, and speed alone have me cornered in a canyon-like a rabbit under the weight of a mighty eagle. If this is how friendship is supposed to be then I want no part in it. Our friendship is up and down, like quicksand or thin ice. As a fisherman walks onto the ice, he must check which ice is more stable so he doesn't drown in the icy water below. That's me, I extend my foot on the ice and if it's too thin I know not to trust Rosa Higgins. She knows Hunter hit me and she hardly did anything. Maybe she just decided to only listen to me that day. Maybe she didn't actually believe a word coming from my lips.
Last Updated : 2022-08-24Model Perfect Chapter 20: Video Chat
We are on this earth for a certain number of days. Our time could end at any second. Nothing in this world is guaranteed. Nothing is set in stone. There is nothing worse to me than not knowing how my thyroid will turn out. Which way will the pendulum swing? If it swings in my favor, the world could be fine and I could live to be one-hundred. However, if things turn sour and the raven knocks on my door like that old Edgar Allen Poe poem, then I could be dead in a few years or a few decades. Nobody knows how long they will be here. All we can do is keep trying and keep breathing. The rise and fall of our chests and the beating of our hearts mean we are still in this crazy race. Life is a crazy race and at some point, I will need to face the music with my head held high and Arlo by my side. He is the only comfort I have in the darkness. The only light I have in the darkest oblivion. The void of emptiness has found me in my dreams this night. He takes on the voice of Hunter and threats
Last Updated : 2022-08-25Model Perfect Chapter 21: The Meet Cute
Rosa knocks on the bathroom door. I know she will want to ask me why I have been in here for so long. My reflection stops me from opening the door. The lump in my neck has gotten larger. The pressure on my esophagus has increased in the last few weeks. The painful sting that I feel whenever I turn my head reminds me that I can't ignore this cancer for much longer. I need to make a decision quickly before Model Perfect, Freddie, or Arlo makes it for me. If Hunter found out he would use the knowledge to his advantage to gain something. If Tanya Pennington found out she would use it to crush my career or have me kicked out of the Winter Paris Collection Competition. The truth is I don't know what I wang anymore. With so much pressure being placed on me from all angles, I have decided to flee. Escaping my problems for a day is exactly what I need. I wish I didn't have to go to school anymore sometimes. School is a stressful place to be. There are phones everywhere and anyone can film me
Last Updated : 2022-08-25Model Perfect Chapter 22: The Wife
The chattering from my bedroom can only mean one thing, Rosa and Freddie are still enjoying each other’s company. It’s always the least likely people that will fall in love. For Freddie, he comes with a tragic backstory that Rosa is unaware of. Freddie, being twenty-five, has a few years on Rosa and in those short years before they met, Freddie was previously married. His wife, Maria, died in a plane crash. Maria was a bit like Amelia Earhart, or so Freddie has mentioned to me in our private conversations. The truth of it is, Freddie has closed himself off from getting close to anyone. He doesn’t need to tell me this for me to notice. I have witnessed him at work with his hands closed and his arms crossed. The scowl of his brow and the clenching of his jaw. Those to me were the mannerisms of a man keeping people away. When I asked him if he was okay after a photo session one day, he broke down and told me I was the first model at Model Perfect to ever ask or care about him. From then
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Model Perfect Chapter 32: Hospitals, Surgeries, and Surprises
Today is the day of my surgery. I am not scared anymore because all of them are beside me. They helped me have something to look forward to. We all have a bright future ahead of us. Nurse Waters is right if I get this surgery over and done with I can go on to live the best years of my life. Being starving is not my favorite part. I understand why I need to fast before surgery. But despite their reasoning it still sucks, I could go for some hash browns right about now. Freddie picks me up for surgery. My mother is with us. She has been working a lot lately, but not today. Today I am her little girl getting surgery. She holds my hand the entire car ride and sits with me in the waiting room. They have me fill out paper work and hand Freddie a buzzer like they do at restaurants when your table is ready. The buzzer goes off thirty minutes later. Arlo runs into the waiting room with a bouquet of roses. "I am going back with you. I will never leave you." I kiss Arlo. I smell the roses an
Model Perfect Chapter 31: The Perfect Distraction
Hospitals... I've been thinking of nothing else for the past week. Hospitals are covered in many layers of floors with busy nurses, humming janitors, crying babies, and focused doctors. I haven't been in a hospital since the day my grandma parted this world. She left us behind when the lung cancer took her up above to be with my grandpa. I've been watching YouTube videos of thyroid surgeries being performed. The videos aren't helping and have made me even more anxious for my procedure to be over with. Another torture that hospitals bless their patients with is the unknown, I'm expected to starve myself for years prior to my surgery okay more like hours, but still. Then I am expected to call the day before to find out my arrival time just to check into the hospital. The anxiety levels from hearing this and reading this make my nostrils flare. My tension migraines have returned in the temples of my head.Everyone has told me to slow down and take it easy. But that's just not possible f
Model Perfect Chapter 30: The Great Before
Hunter Bates, the lead singer of Aftershock, has been taken into custody. He snuck into Emma Rhodes' house and began choking her. He is being charged with attempted murder. There are other models from Model Perfect coming forward with accusations against Hunter Bates. The police have opened up several investigations into the private life of Hunter Bates, who will soon be facing many years in person. I turn the television off. It's nice to hear the journalists tell the truth for once. For once my story has been turned around for a positive outcome. The part with Hunter Bates in it can end, and I can face the surgery with an open mind. The day Hunter attempted to kill me, his weight was around my neck. Since the moment he grabbed my tumor and started to squeeze, I have desperately wanted to get this tumor out. The pressure he placed against it, burns within my trachea. It's been harder to swallow since then and challenging to talk. I've been avoiding talking since the vibrations in
Model Perfect Chapter 29: The Hunted
The Winter Paris Competition is over and I can finally relax. With Tanya Pennington named the winner, I can finish out the remainder of my Model Perfect contract and be away from the spotlight. All eyes are on Tanya Pennington and her girlfriend, Lucia Perez. Tanya is the first lesbian to become a model girl winner for Model Perfect. All social media platforms are buzzing with the news. As for me, I am glad it's all turning out the way it needs to. Freddie drops me off at my house. The exhaustion from today is written all over my face. "I'm glad you didn't throw the competition. You could have. You almost did. What made you return to my office that day?" "Tanya did. She wanted to win against me fair and square and she did. Now that that's over and done with, what does Model Perfect want from me. The CEO and everyone else on staff knows about my thyroid surgery now. Can I finish out the remainder of my contract?" Freddie smiles from head to toe. He gives me a large nod. "Yes,
Model Perfect Chapter 28: Winter Paris Competition
The Winter Paris Collection Competition is back on, and Freddie is letting me compete. I re-read my contract, and it turns out I have six months left to go until it gets renewed. I am not sure I am looking for renewal at this time, or ever. Given their track record with me, I need to find a new career or new modeling agency that is willing to take me on. Rosa spent the night at my house, Freddie got her approved to model for the day. Rosa, Tanya, and I are all going to be sporting slutty Christmas dresses and Santa hats. It’s the time of the year when models get perks for modeling during the wondrous Christmas season. “Emma, Freddie told me what happened. Did you really try to quit being a model at Model Perfect? Listen it isn't up to me, but I think you should stay until graduation." "Don't worry. I will be staying for a little while longer. But the truth is I need to quit and get this surgery taken care of. Even Tanya Pennington knows about it now." Rosa chokes on her morning
Model Perfect Chapter 27: Frenemies
As I storm out of Freddie’s office, golden locks of white hair flip in my face, Tanya Pennington startles me. I haven’t seen or heard from her since the night of Jeremiah’s house party. That’s not to say I haven’t been keeping my tabs on her, I have. I have been stalking her social media platforms in search of anything she might have used against me. But I have also been digging to find out if Hunter’s claims on Halloween night have any merit. Which so far it appears that they don’t Tanya smiles at me, like she is about to say something crass as her smile twists into the edges of her perfectly high cheek bones. That’s the thing about Tanya, if anyone were to be stalking her she would look good no matter what. Her make-up is rumored to be tattooed to her face. That’s what her followers brag about her eyeliner anyway. “I overheard what you said to Freddie, are you sure you want to quit? You’d practically be handing your job over to me…You give up to easily you know that? What fun is i
Model Perfect Chapter 26: Goodbye, Model Perfect
It’s Monday, after school and I find myself in the familiar company walls of Model Perfect. Freddie’s office lies at the end of the hallway. I knock on his door. “Freddie, do you have a moment? I would like the chat with you.” He signals for me to sit down and close the door behind me. “I wanted to talk with you about the Paris Winter Collection. Can I still be in it?” Freddie puts down the newspaper that he has been reading. An article about me is on the front page, I can’t imagine what there is to report on me unless someone found out about Arlo or my cancer. “Yes, of course you can still be in it. Is that why you came in here?” “Ummm well, how was your date with Rosa?” Freddie rolls his eyes. It’s amazing to me how different a person can be when they are asked to transform into a professional. Out of the office and away from Model Perfect, Freddie is this reserved person who knows how to laugh and smile. But here behind the walls of Big Brother, who watches his every move, h
Model Perfect Chapter 25: For Arlo
Being away from school and the buzz of drama is what I have needed for the longest time. I have been ignoring my social media platforms, my fans have expressed concerns over videos of the alleged depressed model. Perhaps it’s true, maybe I am depressed in the small corners of the mind. I try to be active and productive during my depression, doing things like art, photography, and yoga get my mind flowing. The three prescribed days off from school are perfect for reflection. There are pros and cons to my life. If I have thyroid surgery, I don’t have to deal with cancer and an ever-growing tumor that makes it impossible to swallow. Every swallow of food is struggle, I have to eat soft foods to make it easier on myself. My hand finds my lump again, and this time it hurts when I touch it. It’s the pain of cancer lingering in the ticking time bomb in my body. Cancer is everywhere. Nurse Water’s sister died of cancer and Arlo’s mother. There must be something in the food we eat or the dri
Model Perfect Chapter 24: On Tightropes
The Winter Paris Collection competition is around the corner, and I am not prepared for it at all. It is hard to model these days, my energy levels are haywire. I can hardly focus in class, I fell asleep in math class the other day. The doctor says it could be my thyroid hormone levels becoming fuzzier and harder to predict. His words weren’t exactly that, but that was the overlaying message. It’s scary to be out of control. It’s a hurricane that I am not ready for. It’s been weeks, and I still haven’t decided to fully commit to surgery. It would mean goodbye Model Perfect, and I am not sure I am ready to say goodbye to them just yet. Arlo is concerned for me and has even put pressure on me to consider my health over my career. It’s a balancing act and I don’t like which way to go. I feel like a tightrope walker, at any moment I could fall in the net below if a decision is not made for me. My life is a balancing act, that I am too exhausted to recover from. I fall in all directions,
