The following morning; Bartholomew, Simone, Emmett, Vince and Tiffany head out to the countryside in Simone’s SUV. They thought it would be easier and safer for all of them to go together. “Bart if you don’t stop flirting with my wife; I’m going to throw you out of the vehicle” Emmett yells, pulling Simone closer to him as giggles escaped her lips. “And the car won’t be stopped when it happens.”“And when he does; I’ll stop the car and kick your ass if you don’t stop flirting with mine” Vince spits over his shoulder.“Flirting is all I have, since I can’t have either” Bartholomew snickers, pretending to pout. “Ok; Ok. Jealous much?” he includes as Emmett tries to grab him and open the car door at the same time. “I’ll tone down my flirting. I never really did it before Claudia came into my life. I only started, hoping it will get rid of her. I haven’t learnt where to draw the line because she only got worse.”“The line was crossed when you got into the car” Emmett murmurs as Simone rol
Emmett, Vince and Bartholomew went to the café, where Linda told them she saw Claire. They had sat down in a secluded table away from the rest of the café, however could still see the counter and front entrance. Vince was facing the front door to see if she would show up. “You’ve been awfully quiet for a change” Emmett remarks to Bartholomew turning to look at the doorway as someone walks out.“You haven’t been vocal much yourself” Bartholomew banters back, taking a sip of his cappuccino. “To be completely honest; I’m not looking forward to seeing her.”“That makes two of us” Emmett states, turning in his chair as he hears the bells of the front door ringing again. The longer they waited the more nervous he got. “Show time” he murmurs as Bartholomew turns to look at Claire moving to the counter.“Wait until she sits down. I’m going to stand at the door so she can’t leave and Emmett; you go to the counter first and grab a sugar or something. Make sure she sees you; then Bart will follo
Before the men left for the café; Simone and Tiffany came to their senses, and with the help of Linda; they told them they weren’t allowed to harm her; only scare her as they originally planned. When they got back, they didn’t ask and the men weren’t going to tell what they did.; all they said was, ‘it’s been taken care of.’It was late by the time Vince dropped Simone and Emmett off at the bungalow. Emmett carried Simone inside the house as she fell asleep on the trip back. Placing her in bed; Emmett checks the message on his phone and hits the call button “I’ve been waiting all afternoon for you to call me back. Was it her?” Lester questions with agitation in her voice.“I didn’t have any reception; sorry. It was” Emmett responds, heading out the front of the house so he didn’t wake Simone or Jonathon up. “She’s been dealt with.”“Emms; you guys didn’t do anything stupid did you?” Lester asks hoping he didn’t have to bail his best friend out of jail anytime soon.“We already discuss
Emmett and Simone had taken Jonathon over to see Richard the following day; leaving Cheryl at the bungalow to have some time to herself. He had sat down with Richard and explained what had happened the day before on the car drive to the countryside and told him he knew who gave him the scars on his shoulder; arm and leg. Richard figured it would come out eventually and didn’t blame Simone for what she did at the time. He blamed himself for pushing her to the point, she had no other option.“The one thing I don’t understand. Richard said yesterday when he was unconscious in the hospital; his memories were playing over in his mind like a movie and right at the end; he heard a woman’s voice saying be good to her boy” Simone says to Emmett as she puts on her green maternity dress to head into the office building. “People say when they die your life flashes before your eyes and you hear people. There was no indication he died because he was connected to monitors the whole time. I don’t thi
The drive to the school was filled with conversations on if the designers were anyone they knew and what the challenges would be. When they reached the school; Simone looks at her watch; “Mrs Tibbet’s going to make us wait 30 minutes until the students are on lunch?”Katrina pulls out her phone and scrolls through her gallery; “Mattie and Jonny have gym class with Coach Phillips. They’ll be at the auditorium. We can go there first and then see Mrs K in her staffroom afterwards.”Simone forgot Katrina had their school schedule; “Sounds like a plan” she giggles as the pair walk to the auditorium; opening the door and sitting down on the bleachers to the side. ‘Didn’t take them long to fix the auditorium up from the fire’ Simone states to herself, looking around from her seat before glancing over to the class. The kids were participating in a makeshift obstacle course as they watched Matilda run through each obstacle with another girl, cheering quietly between herself and Katrina. At the
When Katrina and Simone got back to the office; Holly was waiting for Simone on one of the chairs. Simone smiled; glancing towards her stomach. She was a week behind Simone with her pregnancy and was pleased she could go through it with someone. “Holly; it’s good to see you” Simone squeals, giving her friend a hug. “What brings you in here?”“Can I speak with you in private for a moment?” Holly questions, eyeing Katrina standing next to her. Katrina was about to excuse herself when Holly continues. “Kat; you should come in too.”As the trio walk into Simone’s office; Holly glances out the doorway to make sure no-one else was around before shutting the door. “What is this all about?”“I see you have a few models registered in the Next Fashion Designer. Mark put our names in 8 months ago and Quinten and I were chosen” she says, taking a seat on the sofa because it was more comfortable for her. “We found out a few weeks ago we were chosen.”“You both are awesome. I won’t be surprised if
Over the next few days; Emmett, Vince, Jason and Lester could see Simone and Tiffany were keeping something from them. Because they didn’t know what it was; Jason and Lester decided to ask Katrina, Rebecca and Caitlyn about it. “You men are being paranoid” Katrina yells, turning to walk out of Lester’s office as Jason grabs her arm. “Really?” she yells, pushing him away and getting into position to have a sparring match with him.“You know something” Jason says, standing ready to block his sister’s attack. “What aren’t you telling us?”“I’ve noticed the two of them too. I think it’s to do with the Next Fashion Designer. Holly came to see Simone on Monday” Caitlyn says, taking a seat behind Lester’s desk with him, away from Katrina and Jason. She didn’t want to be caught in the middle of their fight. “Her and Tiff haven’t said anything. Suzie’s been acting weird too.”“All the models have signed a contract. I needed to sign one too, being their bodyguard. Part of the contract is to do
s, rubbing his temples. ‘I can feel a migraine coming on’ he seethes to himself.“What I’m about to tell you can’t leave this room” Emmett says, staring at his best friend who nods in his direction. “I have something you will have that will put Alexandro in his place. But like Simone says; wait until he is eliminated. This is a great opportunity for Simone, Roberta and Matthew; we don’t want to jeopardize them in any way.”“Are you going to tell me or are you just going to sit there and stare in my direction?” Lester spits, continuing to rub his temples.“I went to high school with Alexandro; or Alexander Johansson” Emmett says as Lester’s mouth drops open with what he just said. “When Simone told me about what happened, I google searched him and his picture came up. I had Mike follow up to make sure he was the same person. I don’t think Angela knew his real name either otherwise the two of them would have conspired against me.”Lester didn’t know what to think about this information.