Afterwards, these models had to attend classes together. It was obvious that Adriana and Valery did not get along, and although they were in the same practice room, the two were not speaking to each other.
Eliana was polite to Micaela and did not treat her any differently.
Micaela knew that Eric’s words were meant for her to protect herself from Eliana.
The competition was divided into three rounds, one every three days. The five lowest overall scores would be eliminated.
Tomorrow, was the final round of the competition.
It had been ten days since Micaela had seen Carlos.
With no phone, no Internet, no Carlos, the days passed very slowly. As the night grew late, she couldn’t help but miss Carlos’ warm embrace.
Micaela was now lying in bed thinking about Carlos.
“Is he thinking about me too?”
She thought the Internet had already started to spread the contents of these days’ recordings.
“What will Carlos think when he sees it – will he be satisfied with my performance?”
On the morning of the second day, Micaela rushed out with Alba, Olivia and Eliana.
-Life is so boring here, I miss my phone,” Alba said.
-Yes, I also miss my snacks and my boyfriend. Do you think about Ernesto? -Olivia also spoke up.
-Of course! I can’t even eat the food if it wasn’t cooked by him. I haven’t eaten well for the last ten days, so I’ll probably lose a lot of pesos when I get back! -Alba replied.
Micaela laughed and looked at Eliana who was running beside her. They had been running together the last few days and every now and then she answered a few words, but today she was exceptionally quiet.
When they returned, breakfast had been set on the table and everyone was already seated at the table.
They washed their hands before sitting at the table.
Everyone was on a strict diet.
Valery was the first to finish her breakfast and then headed for the locker room.
Eliana was handing out cups of milk to everyone, but when she was giving it to Micaela, she accidentally spilled some….
-I’m sorry, Micaela.
-It doesn’t matter.
Micaela took out a paper towel and wiped the milk off the table.
-The competition will be held later. The competition has just been announced and it’s street photography. I will tell you briefly, this time it is a group street session, there is no second chance, the course is about 100 meters, pay attention to the formation, there is only one shot in each stage, and there is no photographer specifically shooting you. Your expressions and movements must be well controlled, do you understand? -Eric said.
Both Micaela and Eliana nodded in agreement.
-Well, the wardrobe team has already sent them, they are all in the dressing room, so start getting ready after breakfast.
After finishing breakfast, Micaela and Eliana immediately went to get their respective clothes, changed and started putting on their make-up, and then arrived at the competition venue.
The shooting location was the main road in the village area, a straight asphalt road with flowers and trees on both sides. Each shooting location was set up with filming equipment, and several video crews were also on the roadside ready to start shooting.
The fifteen models were lined up in a row and stood in the starting position.
The tallest stood in the center, with Micaela standing second from the left, while Adriana and Valery were in the center on the right, with several people between Micaela and them.
Alba sensed that Micaela seemed strange.
She approached and asked quietly:
-What’s wrong with you?
Micaela resisted the urge to rub her stomach and replied in a soft voice as well:
-My stomach hurts.
-Do you want to go to the bathroom? It hasn’t started yet,” Alba became very alarmed.
Micaela shook her head.
-How come your stomach hurts now? -Alba was puzzled.
-I don’t understand. Don’t worry, it’s not very serious.
After saying that, she frowned again, clearly in pain again.
It was impossible to eat what she shouldn’t when she was eating exceptionally here, unless someone had tampered with her diet!
Alba hurried to talk it over with Eric.
Eric was also surprised and hurried over.
They all watched Eric approach and stood curiously.
-How are you feeling?
Micaela felt better and shook her head, indicating that she was fine.
-Could there be something wrong with breakfast today? -Alba whispered her doubts.
-It doesn’t make sense, there are cameras in the kitchen too, who would dare to do that? Besides, we all eat the same thing and we’re fine! -Eric said.
The director was already shouting to start the preparation.
Alba looked at Eliana just in time to see her turn her head to the other side.
She suddenly thought of something and tried to step forward, but was grabbed by Micaela.
-Alba, there’s no proof, don’t guess blindly.
-But are you going to go on like this? Look at the cold sweat coming out, and you’re still lying to me saying it doesn’t hurt much!
Alba was so anxious and her voice couldn’t help but speak a little louder, enticing the director’s team to come closer.
The man wore glasses and held an open folder in his hand, and seeing that Micaela’s face looked a little pale, he asked:
-What’s going on?
-Micaela’s stomach hurts, someone might have drugged her breakfast! We went for a run in the morning and we were fine,” Alba explained immediately.
Valery approached, along with the assistant and the make-up artist she had brought along, who gathered around her.
The assistant spoke directly in an unkind tone.
-You mean to say that all of us who had breakfast together this morning are suspects?
-It’s a problem of your own body, don’t blame others,” the make-up artist also said.
Valery said nothing, but in her heart she thought.
“It’s good to have stomach ache, it’s better to give up the competition!”
The director was also a little incredulous.
-How is it possible? We have arranged for people to have breakfast uniformly, everyone is fine. Besides, who knows what breakfast you want to eat?
-That’s why I told you to take responsibility for checking! -Alba said in exasperation.
Eric was also very angry looking at Micaela’s appearance. If Micaela had any health problems because of this competition, who knew what Mr. Aguayo would do to Brillantella?