El Del Acosta POV
It’s been two weeks since we started living with Ash Ron and his housemates
I haven’t been sleeping there actually, I’m too busy working my ass up because I told Danica to accept any job there is. If I want to be the next Most in Demand face in modelling, then I should work hard to achieve it.
I had a contract in Queensland just a moment ago, there was a newly opened Quantum Arcade there, they wanted me to be the new face of their branch, ofcourse I couldn’t say no to an opportunity.
We’re still on the plane going back to Sydney. I have a tourism shoot in a few hours, it’s for a tourist attraction video, to boost Australia’s Tourists. The shoot will be featuring the Sydney Harbour Bridge, I’ll be the model for their video, and also I’ll be talking too about some quick facts, and then I’ll proceed to a Moschino branch opening in one of the big malls here in Sydney.
I’ll be taking a nap first before we arrive, the reason why I haven’t gotten one earlier is because I was busy signing other paperworks for my rush schedules this week. Money isn’t hard these days, but it’s not the same as what my parents had before, so I still need to work extra hard.
I’ve been making Selene my motivation to keep on going, I’m not even feeling any pain at all, I’m like a fearsome Lioness!
“You promised your mom you’ll be home for dinner tonight,” Valerie reminded me. She’s at her Ipad clearing up and noting all of my schedules for the upcoming week. I’m already booked for the rest of this week.
“Yeah! I almost forgot about that.” I said as I brush my hair and swiveled my head.
“You should also take some time to have a quick rest, El. I’ll leave next week Friday blank, don’t accept offers for that day. “ Aileen expressed her furious feeling. She’s worrief that I may br overworking myself.
“ Fine! But only one day, we need to get back to work after that. If things go well for all of us, you just might have salary increase. “ I wiggled my eyebrows to tease them.
Aileen rolled her eyes before smiling, but Valerie was really happy she started dancing without music.
I’ve already accomplished every job schedule I had today, the girls and I are just stopping by for some delicious treats to gift the people at the house. By the way we already hired a driver, she’s a Antonette, Aileen and Val are always exhausted so we figured we need another woman on the team. She doesn’t talk much but she’s really worth every penny I pay, because she’s the kindest and most reliable person ever.
“Take us home, Antonette.” I commanded the driver.
“Right away, Miss.” She responded nicely.
“I’ll be more excited to have a rest if Simon wasn’t there. “ Aileen exclaimed. Those two aren’t getting along at all. Aileen likes to take a bath every night, Simon has a tummy problem, one of the two always takes time on the bathroom. We told them they could just share it, but Aileen refuses to smell Simon’s errand and Simon doesn’t want to hear Aileen’s loud K-pop music on the background while he’s taking a trip to the toilet.
“Demon and I are going to watch a movie together,” Valerie excitedly said. They both like Lord of the Rings and Hobbit, I don’t understand what kind of connection they have, but it sure is better than whatever Aileen and Simon is going through.
“I just want to take a rest after eating.” I told everyone, they both had a disagreeing look on their faces but they just shrugged it off, everyone was too exhausted to even battle a simple argument.
“There she is! I’ve been saying your face everywhere,” mom kissed me hello.
“Ofcourse dear, she is afterall the next in line most in demand female model of her generation.” Mom and Dad looked at each other like they’re speaking a telepathic language using their eyes.
“I’ll be that one day, but not today, I still need to work more. “ I exclaimed.
“Slow down a little, baby. There’s plenty of fishes in the sea, you have many opportunities, no one is taking that away from you. “ Mom started the slow down conversation that I’ve been avoiding lately. They want me to take more non-working hours. But I’ve already explained to them that once I’m one of the in-demand I need to battle my way through every other top models who are just great as I am.
Beryl and Onyx’s duo have been working well for themselves lately, Sapphire and Diamond decided to do a partnership too. I’ve been doing my gigs all alone. They’ve been getting more schedules too, but I need to work twice harder, because I’m a independent woman. Im not going to depend on a partner, I’ll be on top just by my mere talent and hard work.
“Someone’s home today,” Ash Ron came down wearing a formal attire.
“Are you going out?” I asked smiling.
“Yeah! I’ve got called out for an overtime, there’s some problem at work, but I’ll be home tonight.” He said hurrying down, looking on his watch and then looking back at me.
“We’ll you won’t get to taste mom’s special delicacy, Creamy Thick chicken. “ I boasted. My mom makes the best Creamy chicken.
Ash Ron smiled at me but pouted again while looking unto his watch.” Next time! I’m really needed somewhere. By the way there are new neighbors, they’re renovating the house beside us, it might be noisy tonight because they haven’t stopped working and I guess they have no plans on stopping tonight either. We bought earplugs, just take one for you if you’ll have problem sleeping. “ He pointed out the top shelf of the locker room.
“ Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to ruin your sleep. “ I apologized.
“ I’m sorry, what?” He asked, confused.
“ I’m your neighbor, I bought the house beside yours so we can be neighbors. I’ve told them to rush the renovation, maybe that’s why it’s always noisy. “ I revealed so everyone got shock.
“ What? You didn’t told us about this.” Mom bursted and started scolding me.
“ We did not know about this.” Aileen defended themselves. She’s waving her hands, shoulder level to exclaim she didn’t do it.
“ I was about to tell you on the dining table while dinner, but I found this the right timing. “ I exclaimed
He looked a little bit sad at first “ Hey there! New neighbor, but by now new neighbor. “ But he did smiled sincerely and went back to panicking again after her phone rang.
Ash Ron ran away, probably rushing to go back to work. Mom had me with her terrible look, and dad was just smiling at me looking so proud.
“We’re going to talk about this, after you speak to your parents.” Aileen said before rushing to her room. Valerie did the same too.
Simon and Demon just sat on the couch, mom told them to wait to be called, she’s still not finished setting up the table for the dinner.
“You bought that house? What else Haven’t you been telling us?” Mom asked still pissed.
“Give your daughter a break, Colleen. She’s been having a hard time at work Already.” Dad deffended me.
“ I bought our old house too, but since we had a terrible memory there, I’m planning to let you decide whether you like to live there again or stay with me in this subdivision. I really like the neighborhood here mom, dad, people are all so nice. “ I revealed and explained the reason for my secretive phase lately.
“ What more haven’t you told us?” Mom asked while pouting.
“ Not much, I’ll tell you more if I can. Right now that’s all I can say, “ I told mom.
“ Okay, fine. Boys! Girls! Let’s all eat now! “ Mom called them like they were her kids too.
Mom always wanted more kids, but they couldn’t just manage to do so. Dad protected us right from the start so it wasn’t an option for the both of them.
“ Thanks for understanding mom, in return I’ll lead Grace. “ I told her and prepared myself to come up with my personal prayer before we eat.
When we finished eating I went straight up to my room, nobody bothered me because they know I’ve been through so much these past two weeks. So I just slept for a while.
I got a sense of awakening at the middle of night, I felt thirsty all of the sudden so I stood up and went to take a water on the fridge downstairs. I thought I saw some movement outside, the blinds wasn’t all the way down.
I started feeling some tingles, one by one my body hair stood up, my sixth sense was awakened. I took the broom I saw right by the wall, I pulled back and was ready to hit hard on anything. I stepped few more until I was finally close to the door, I started hearing some clicking sounds and gentle footsteps.
I prayed to God this man didn’t have a gun, or else I’ll be screwed. I’m too pretty to die, I was thinking I’d die when I’m like eighty-seven or something, but no! I guess today’s the day.
“What are you doing?” I tried to hit the man but he catched the broom. When he stepped a little closer to the part where the lamp has spread it’s ray, I’ve recognize the nose in front of me, that nose reminds me of someone I know!
“Oh my gosh! Ash is that you?” I asked so shocked. I just tried to attack the owner of this house who was just trying to get inside, I’m such a bad friend!