The next day; Simone and Emmett headed to Lively Design Studio to talk with Mark and Karl about taking Karl to the production warehouse the following week. As they walk in the door; Mark greets Simone and Emmett and ushers them to his office so he could speak privately. “Holly and Quin didn’t do too bad for their first week” Mark says to the pair, taking a seat behind his desk.Emmett was a little uncomfortable sitting down in Mark’s office. He wasn’t use to all the clutter from mannequins to rolls of material and folders scattered over a bench behind him. Simone was at ease and could sense his awkwardness. She grabs his hand to help relax his tension. “They did amazingly” Simone answers with a smile. “That’s why we are here. We have a proposition for you; more accurately, one for Karl.”Mark narrows his eyes at Simone. He knows when she comes with a proposition; she is normally asking for the use of his services. She did it with Damian and Renee; ‘why would she need Karl’s services?
The following morning; Emmett left with Jonathon to check on the progress of the apartment building, while Simone and Cheryl were heading to the home and garden centre to do some shopping for their new apartments. “I have Suzie, Cait, Sandy, Beck, Kat, Tiff, Vince and Aunty Leslie meeting us there” Simone says as the pair walk out the door. Katrina, Suzie, Jason, Rebecca, Tiffany and Vince were also purchasing an apartment in the building; Vince and Tiff were taking apartment 82 on the other side of Cheryl, whereas Suzie and Kat were purchasing apartment 76 under Vince and Tiffany’s. Rebecca and Jason are purchasing apartment 17 on the third floor. “Aunty Leslie said she’s running a bit late. The way we are going; the apartments will be filled before we know it” Simone says laughing as she gets into the passenger side of Cheryl’s car.“I have my things in storage; I don’t mind pulling them out” Cheryl complains again, stepping into the driver’s seat.“We’ve been over this. We are goi
Monday morning; Simone and Emmett were up early again, getting ready to head into the production warehouse. Emmett had come out of the shower and was putting on his pants when a knock came on the front door. “He’s early” he chuckles, walking out of his bedroom, whilst zipping up his pants. Even though he didn’t need to go with them, Emmett didn’t want to let Simone anywhere near Alexandro without him and decided to go.“I’ve got it” Jonathon says, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes whilst heading for the door. “May I help you?”“The little Spencer” Karl laughs, walking into the bungalow and sitting down on the chair as Jonathon heads to the bathroom. “I assumed you would have had a grand mansion out here. I thought I had the wrong place for a moment.”“This is a temporary home” Emmett snickers, heading back into the bedroom. “We’ll be ready in a minute.”Karl waited nervously, bouncing his leg up and down when Simone comes out of the room. “You must be excited” she says, putting her wa
Simone and Emmett were dropped off at the office building by Karl before leaving to go tell Mark he should be expecting an email from Marie sometime today. Whilst Emmett decides to go up to the third floor with Simone before heading to his office. “I want to make sure Cheryl got here ok” he says, wrapping his arms around Simone.Since Sylvia had a go at Cheryl over the weekend; he didn’t like leaving her for any amount of time without security. Cheryl thought it was an overkill and shrugged it off when he suggested Jason or Vince could bring her in this morning since Katrina was at the production warehouse. Simone was worried too, but the pair let her drop Jonathon off at school on her own before she came into the office. “I had Vince follow her at a distance. She got here safely” Simone says with a giggle as the elevator stops on the third floor.“You had Vince follow me?” Cheryl yells as the two head into Simone’s office where she was waiting. “I told you I am fine; I need to do thi
Simone leaves her office smiling at the conversation she had with Kayla. Even though she had done things she regrets in her life; she had a great circle of friends and family around her to stop her anger from controlling her. “Gammy; Kayla will see you in my office” Simone says to her bookkeeper and grandmother to her daughter. Cheryl rolls her eyes at Simone before heading into the office.“Cheryl; it’s nice to meet you” the dark-haired lady behind Simone’s desk says. “Please take a seat.”“Where do you want me to start?” Cheryl asks, trying to get this conversation over with as she looks around the room; avoiding eye contact with Kayla. “I don’t know how much Tiff has told you about what’s been happening with me.”“I didn’t ask” Kayla says as Cheryl finally makes eye contact with a shocked expression coming on her face. “I would prefer our discussions to be based on what you are willing to tell me, not what others have told me. Why don’t you start with something easy. How did you co
Cheryl shifts in her seat, ignoring Simone’s angered stare next to her. She knew Simone wasn’t angry with her. She hadn’t told anyone about running into Paul at the front of the school when she was waiting to pick up Jonathon and Zachary a few days before they saw him and Sylvia at the home and garden centre.“He came to the bungalow on the first occasion, telling us he wanted to see me and his sons” Cheryl begins, clasping her hands together on the hope she wouldn’t show how nervous she was to talk about it. “He said Everlyn told him where I was staying and wanted to apologise to me for not being strong enough to stand up to Sylvia and what he did.”“Do you believe he is sorry?” Kayla asks, encouraging her with her eyes to continue as Cheryl shakes her head.“I want to believe he is; but I can’t” she answers firmly. “I’m not sure if you have spoken with Rick. We all knew Paul’s disciplinary measure toward him and I turned the other way. He was never like that with me or my sons. But
It had been two and a half weeks since Cheryl had seen Kayla and from what Simone and Emmett could see; she had made progress with her feelings towards Paul. She still loved him but came to terms with what he did to her and stuck to her guns by not accepting him back.They all took a day off work to pack up the bungalow to move into the apartment building the following day. Simone had left a few hours ago with Jason to see the runway show. They were being judged on wedding attire. “I want to thank you again for letting me stay here” Cheryl says to Emmett, placing some pots and pans in box. “I know it wasn’t ideal because you didn’t have the room but I am grateful.”“And I want to tell you again; I should be the one grateful you did” he responds, giving her a smile. “If you hadn’t, I would still be misguided on who you are. Are you excited to have an apartment of your own?”“Not as excited of having both my sons living with me again” she responds as Emmett uses the tape gun to seal the
Richard, Emmett and Lester were slowly leading Simone, Sandy and Caitlyn down the corridor of the top floor. Richard joined in on the surprise and because the ladies were blindfolded; they were getting annoyed they weren’t allowed to remove them. “Do you realise two of us are pregnant and one is about to drop a baby in eight weeks; give or take” Simone complains as Emmett slowly moves her to the elevator.“It won’t be long” Lester says as the three men manoeuvre them into the elevator; while Richard pushes the button for the roof. “We want it to be a surprise.”“No shit; babe” Caitlyn huffs as the elevator dings and the doors open. The men pull the women off the elevator and stop a few steps outside the doorway they went through. Feeling the sun on her face; “where are we? We didn’t go down in the elevator; it can only mean you took us to the roof.”“Very observant” Emmett states with a small snicker. “You can take the blindfold off now.”As the three women remove the blindfold; they