When I pulled out of the kiss her eyes were wide in shock and surprise.
“Did you just kiss me” she asked.
“I’ll kiss you again” I told her and she giggled.
She replied away from under me and I groaned.
She made her way to the bathroom, her phone buzzed on her desk. It was already past midnight, I wondered who would be calling her by now.
I climbed down from the bed and walked to the desk, on the screen was Larissa.
Jenna walked out of the bathroom with a hand towel, some parts of her face was still wet.
“Larissa” I told her stretching the phone to her.
She was reluctant to take it.
“Hello.. ” Jenna said dropping the phone on the desk and turning on the loudspeaker.
“Hey Jen” Larissa said.
Jenna was quiet.
“I’m calling because I saw… I was scrolling through my Instagram and saw your picture…. Andreas announced you as their new model” Larissa said.
Jenna looked up at me, an unshed tears was glistering at the corner of her eyes.
I put the call on hold.
“You can just end the call if taking to her would make you cry” I told her but she shook her head.
“I’m fine, it’s just, we talked about submitting our face cards to Andreas but we planned it for later and now she’s calling because I have gotten that job and… I don’t know, it’s a lot” she said walking to me for a hug.
I hugged her and kissed the side of her head.
She put the call back on.
“You never put me on hold, Jen, never ” Larissa said.
Jenna didn’t respond.
“Can we sit and talk maybe we’ll go somewhere, I want to apologize for what I did, it was evil and you might hate me forever and…”
“You want to apologize to me after you saw that I was picked by Andreas….” Jenna said and Larissa stuttered for words but she ended up saying a bunch of stuff didn’t make any sense.
Seeing the tears in my baby’s eyes were upsetting me.
“Just end the call and seal it here” I told Jenna rubbing her arm.
“Wait, Jenna isn’t that your uncle’s voice?” Was the last words Larissa said before Jenna ended the call.
“Tomorrow is a new day” Jenna said walking to the bed, I went with her and drew her closer to me, I listened to the sound of her breathing till I slept off.
*****
“No fucking away!” Jenna screamed, my eyes opened to see her sitting in front of her desk.
“Good morning baby” I told her, she turned around suprised that I was awake when her loud scream had woken me up.
She grabbed her laptop and ran to the bed.
“Look” she said pointing at the view email.
“Somehow, I got selected as cast in this new movie but I didn’t fucking submit my resume, I didn’t submit nothing, I didn’t ask. Oh my gosh, this is a miracle ” she said dropping the laptop to run back to her desk again.
She turned on her computer and started typing something. It was not a surprise to me that they had sent her a movie offer, the producer was a good friend of mine and I just asked him for a simple favour.
“Jenna… There’s someone downstairs looking for you” Elisa said.
I sat up and Jenna turned to me.
“Don’t ” I mouthed to her knowing that she was about to tell me to hide, her shoulders slumped.
“Jenna, are you awake” her mum asked her still knocking.
“Yes mum, I’ll be there in a minute” she said standing up and putting her ear in the door, I almost laughed.
“You’re acting like a three year old that stole cookies” I told her standing up and walking to the bathroom.
She said something but I didn’t hear her, I hear the door open and close, I went to the window. I watched Jenna burst through the entrance door.
There was a big van outside. Judging from the time they arrived, they were late. I wanted instructed them to arrive earlier than this. I crossed my fingers hoping my plan would work and this small slip up from them wouldn’t jeopardize everything.
I went to the guest room and opened the closet, I had some clothes that I brought the last time came for a visit. I put them on and went downstairs.
“I didn’t order these clothes, Jesus they’re all from designer brands how the fuck would I have paid for all these?” Jenna told the man.
“It might be a prank ” my brother said walking to the back of the van to take a look, he pulled out one dress and checked the pricetag. He dropped it down quickly.
“Like I said, it was already paid for, everything. I just need you too sign here to say you’ve received the order successfully ”
“Even if I take it, it’s too much, quarter of this can’t even fit into my closet ” Jenna said.
“I think your dad is right, I think it’s a prank, no one would buy you these things for free without even letting you know ” Elisa said.
“Mum please stay out of this ” Jenna said, I leaned on the door frame listening to them go back and forth, I was desperately waiting for one more person to arrive.
Jenna signed the paper and they started offloading all the items. Bags, shoes, clothes I had bought anything that screamed feminine luxury.
By the time they were done, the entire front was filled.
“Honey let’s go, we’re gonna be late for work ” Elisa said to my brother.
“Just to let you know, if you eventually need to pay for all these things and you don’t have enough money to cover it, your mum and I warned you” my brother sad walking to his car.
Jenna sat on the stairs, I wanted my brother drive out, he waved to me and I nodded in acknowledgement. Then the black Mercedes drove into the driveway and a smile spread on my face.
“You’re late ” I mouthed to him without making a sound. I wanted him to arrive when Jenna’s parents were here.
He shot me an apologetic look and walked to Jenna, she stood from the stairs and turned to look at me nervously, I saw it in her body language, the fact that I was standing there gave her strength, she turned to the man.
“Hi, are you miss Jenna?” He asked her.
“Yes” she answered taking his outstretched hand.
“I’m here because you applied for a house that was on sale, congratulations… It’s yours now”