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
Emmett looks up from his computer; giving her a small smile; “what gossip?” he asks, as he moves his chair to sit in front of her.“I didn’t think you were allowed to talk about what was happening in the show” Lester says sarcastically as Simone grins between the pair.“I never said it was to do with the production and I won’t be breaking any of the rules in the contract I signed” Simone states, pausing for effect. “Alexandro was staring at me when I walked into the building and I called him out on it. He either asked or someone told him about me because he came over and called me Leona then said; or should I say Simone and claims he was shocked when he heard I wore a bodysuit to become Leona.”“That’s nothing new. A lot of people were shocked on what you achieved to become a model” Emmett states, grinning at his wife. She never stopped amazing him when it came to the bodysuit and how much work she did to be able to move in it.“There’s more” Simone proclaims watching Emmett’s amused
Simone heads down to the third floor because Emmett was called out of his office to head to the boardroom for the chief editors meeting; much to his disappointment. She had just sat down at her desk and opened the file she was working on when Linda walked through the door, holding Jake in her arms. “’Tee Moan” Jake yells, pushing himself out of his mother’s arms to run to Simone, who picks the little boy up to sit on her lap.“Linda; this is a nice surprise” Simone says, turning to look at the dark-haired lady. “I’m assuming you are here to talk to Bart?”Linda blushes slightly; “Umm… Did he tell you what happened?” she questions in a small whisper. She hadn’t thought Bartholomew would tell anyone what had happened. She was feeling anxious about coming and now she knows he was telling people; she wishes she didn’t.“He did” Simone says, readjusting Jake on her lap; trying to ease Linda’s embarrassment. “Did he call you like I suggested? He was torn because you are his best friend’s wi
Simone explained to Emmett what Bartholomew and Linda needed to discuss. He was elated to hear Linda was moving on from the death of her husband; however, had a dig at Bartholomew by telling Linda she could have chosen better which caused Bartholomew to flip him off.Linda decided to do the interview; with the encouragement of Bartholomew. Cheryl, Sonia and Stacey also gave their interviews with another 4 working mothers. Laurence said he had enough to create an article and it will be in next edition of the Business Enquirer.“Does this mean Bart will be hanging around our place when Isabella arrives?” Emmett asks Simone, walking in the front door of the bungalow to the smell of a lasagne going through the house. “Cheryl’s cooked again. I’m starting to like her being here” he adds with a smile.“Maybe” Simone responds, shrugging her shoulders at Emmett’s question as he raises his eyebrow at her. “Let’s see if they develop a relationship first and then we can address the hassle of him
Two days had passed since Paul turned up at the bungalow. Cheryl waited until Katrina and Suzie left before she broke down into uncontrollable sobs. Jonathon had come into Emmett and Simone’s room to get them. They couldn’t comfort her; no matter how had they tried. Simone offered her to have the day off work the following day; she refused and would cry more when Simone insisted.“I’m fine, really I am” Cheryl insists as the four of them head out the door. “I was with Paul a long time and I think everything just hit me all at once when things calmed down. I’ll drop Jon off at school and meet you at the office, when you get in from the production warehouse.”Simone and Emmett wave goodbye to the two of them as Cheryl pulls out of the driveway. “Do you know how much red tape I had to go through to get the visitors pass for you?” Simone states, getting into the car. “Marie only agreed because she wanted to meet you and Les.”“I’m aware” Emmett huffs, pulling out of the driveway and headi
Simone, Roberta and Matthew got called into the production set to see the catwalk for all the designers. Simone was excited to see what everyone had designed for their first challenge and were given a rundown of each designer teams inspiration. All three managers take their seats to the side of the stage as the designers were ushered to a particular seating arrangement before the models head down the catwalk.Urick and Jemma were the first to walk down the runway. They had matching outfits depicting Moulin Rouge in Paris. Jemma wore a red and black corset dress with ruffles on the skirt; whereas Urick was dressed in a three-piece suit in with a red Steampunk tail coat and top hat. “Wow; they got that done in 2 days. I’m amazed” Roberta whispers to Simone and Matthew as they both nod their heads in agreement.Suzie and Trent were next to come down the runway; inspired by the Australian Bottle Brush Tree. Suzie’s dress was a tight-fitting pencil dress made from burgundy, green and brow
Sitting behind her desk; Simone was beginning to get nervous as she waited for the models to head back. She was anxious to see who was eliminated as well as hear how Holly and Quinten went in the scheme of things.“Will you relax” Tiffany says, coming into the room. “From what you were saying; Holly and Quin did a great job. There’s no need to worry and you can take your mind off of things because I have Cheryl coming in shortly to discuss the financials.”“I’m coming in to hear the gossip from the production” Cheryl explains with a giggle, taking a seat in front of Simone’s desk. “Financials are up to date and you sent me the email to invoice channel 34 for the models doing the show. I did that and all is running smoothly.”“The first episode is on tomorrow night. I can’t wait to watch it” Tiffany adds as Simone nods her head nervously. “What did Marie want to talk to Emmett and Lester about?” she asks, changing the subject for Simone to get her mind off the elimination.“She asked t
Simone, Cheryl and Jonathon were sitting in the living room the following night with the television on channel 34. Emmett didn’t want to watch his nemesis so decided to retreat to the bedroom as the program begins to start. “Which one did Emmett say he didn’t like?” Jonathon asks as each set of designers were being introduced and a small conversation was being done with each team.“Alexandro from the UK” Emmett states, coming out of the bedroom. “If you are paired with him when you go in; he isn’t going to be happy, especially when he finds out you are my brother.”“Why?” Jonathon asks, turning in his chair to look at Emmett.“Let’s just say, we got into a few fights at the boarding school we both went to” Emmett responds, giving him a wink before walking back into the bedroom. Jonathon didn’t ask any more questions. He figured the conversation he had with him and Richard about not being like Paul had something to do with the fights he had with Alexandro.“There’s Holly and Quin” Simo