The following day; Simone was in Emmett’s office going over the plans for the apartment building with Richard. He had two of the crews go in to clean up each floor; placing safety walkways throughout. “We got the permits we needed. The engineer wants us to replace the beams on the eighth floor and the roof. They were damaged more than we thought” Richard tells them; pulling out a flyer about the beam they suggested he use.“If it means the building will be secure; go ahead and replace them” Emmett states, pulling out the colour swabs Richard bought with him. “Have you decided on who you want to get to do the interior design?” he questions Simone. He had left this side of it up to her as he didn’t care what it looked like on the inside.“Not really” Simone shrugs, looking down at the different colours in front of her. “Do you have a suggestion on who we could use?”“I do” Richard says giving them a grin. “Leslie Whitehouse.”“Aunty Leslie?” Simone gasps, glancing over at Emmett. She di
“What’s going on with Cheryl?” Leslie asks, turning her focus on Simone. “Or should I be asking; what did Paul do now?”“The second question” Emmett chuckles; getting out of his seat to give Leslie a hug. “Sylvia was released from jail earlier than we expected. Paul kicked her out and cancelled her bank cards she had. Her and Jonny have been staying at our place; whilst Zach has been staying with Rick.”“I should say I’m shocked or surprised; but I’m not” Leslie states; narrowing her eyes towards Emmett. “The asshole never ceases to amaze me how cruel he can get. I’m assuming one of you gave her a job.”“She’s my bookkeeper. She fell into my lap at the right time” Simone answers her with a smile. “My guardian angel is out there looking after me.”“Your mum is always out there looking after you” Leslie tells her with a grin. “Now; colour schemes” she announces, pulling out her laptop to show her what she done up.Meanwhile; down on the third floor; Richard walks through the door of Che
Simone decided to take Leslie down to the third floor to her office with Tiffany and the three of them would go over the interior designs for the apartment building. Emmett was left alone to his thoughts and decided to message Richard to make sure he was taking Cheryl to the hospital.‘Is everything ok? Tiff said you left for lunch with Cheryl’ he messages; not wanting Cheryl to be spooked. Instead of answering; Richard sees the message and hits the call button. “You better be at the fucking hospital” Emmett snaps down the phone.“I am; it took a bit for Sandy and I to convince her to go” Richard whispers down the phone. “Sandy is in the examination room with her now. Her whole right arm is severely bruised and I could see a bruise on her right wrist; it looks like Dad grabbed her there and there’s a bruise on her right hip. It’s more than dad pushing her into the door like she told me. I think he hit her” Richard says, keeping his eye on the door so he doesn’t get caught talking to E
Richard and Emmett parked the car in front of Richard’s grandmother’s house. Tyrone was already there; waiting for them. “What’s this all about?” Tyrone asks as Richard nudges his head for them to go inside before they speak.Entering the house; “You know how I told you mum’s been released from jail?” Richard whispers as they head towards the back garden. “We think Mum and Dad are trying to get to nana for the money that was left to her. We can’t be sure but think she may be in danger.”Tyrone pinches the bridge of his nose before he lets out a long breath; “I see” he says, keeping his eyes fixated to the front. “And I will be here to protect her again?”“For the moment” Richard states, coming up behind his grandmother who turns to give him a huge smile.“Ricky” she says, before acknowledging Emmett and Tyrone. “What brings you three here to see me?”“Nana, did you post the bail money to release Sylvia from jail?” Emmett states, going straight to the point. He needed to know two thing
The following day; Simone and Emmett sent Jonathon to Richard’s for the weekend. Emmett had dropped him off, while Simone and Cheryl waited for him to come home. They were going to speak with Cheryl about her bruises and didn’t want Jonathon to be there while they did. “You know about the bruises, don’t you?” Cheryl murmurs to Simone, sitting down on the sofa. “Did Rick and Sandy tell you?”“We asked Rick and Sandy if he knew anything because we suspected something had happened. They changed the subject. We know you are favouring your left side” Simone tells her, coming to sit by her. “How bad are the bruises?”Cheryl begins to sob as Emmett walks through the front door. “Really bad. The doctor says I should go to the police because it’s a case of domestic violence; b… but I can’t” she tells Simone, slowly glancing up at Emmett. “I don’t want you to do anything because he hurt me” she says to him.“I’m not going to tell you I don’t want to” Emmett responds, taking a seat across from w
Emmett, Simone and Cheryl spoke about all the different options for Cheryl’s apartment. When it came time for Jonathon to be picked up from Richard’s; they decided to meet at the apartment complex so Cheryl could choose which apartment they wanted. She wanted to see which one would have the best view on floors 11, 12, 13 or 14 and go from there. She also wanted to get Jonathon’s and Zachary’s input.“You’re wearing a t-shirt” Emmett questions, looking down at Cheryl’s arm as they waited for Richard to arrive with the keys. He was also trying not to show her how pissed off with Paul he was.“It’s warming up and I need to show Jonathon and Zachary what happened” Cheryl says, giving him a small smile. “I’m not going to hide them anymore. I’m also not going to cover for Paul anymore and what he has done in the past to Rick. I need to confront what he is really like to move forward.”“If you need counselling; let us know” Simone says, giving her a smile as Richard walks up behind them.“I
Simone was up early the following morning and started to feel a bit nervous. The production for the Next Fashion Designer was starting. Roberta, Matthew and her decided to head down to the warehouse to introduce themselves to the production manager as well as the designers before they started that day. “Are you sure you don’t want me going with you?” Emmett says, rolling over in bed to finish watching Simone get dressed.“No” she says, giving him a peck on the lips before sitting on the edge of the bed to put on her shoes. “Vince and Tiff are picking me up shortly. We all have stage passes; you don’t.”Emmett grunts before placing his arms around her as Vince honks the horn outside the bungalow. “He can wait” he says, pulling Simone down on the bed and planting his mouth to hers.Breaking away from Emmett’s kiss; “we are only allowed there for the first hour. I’ll see you when I get to the office” she tells him; pulling away from his embrace and racing out the door. “Sorry; Emmett’s s
A few hours later; Simone was sitting in her office when the models had come back from the production warehouse. “We don’t need to be back for another two days” Bartholomew says, walking into her office as the rest head to the recreational room. “There first challenge is to design an outfit inspired by something from their home country.”“Which designers did you all get?” Simone asks, closing the file she was working on. “Tell me all the gossip from this morning’s session.”Bartholomew looks at the open door and moves to shut it. “I was paired with Elly-Jane from Matthew Jones Management. We are the models for Giovanni Boutiques. Alexandro had a lot of questions about you and Emmett. Wanting to know how strong your marriage is; that sort of stuff. I get the impression he knows Emmett, not Drake.”“Did he now?” Simone queries, a small smirk crossing her face. “He does and like me; he doesn’t like Alexandro very much.”“The guy is a bit of a wanker. Steph isn’t bad though” he says with