Chapter 4 4 Acting the loving wife show

Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!

No one would want to knock like that except her caretaker. Like the man just want to make sure Estella sees how unfruitful and useless she is.

Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!

Still laying with her face down, Estella thought about what to do at that point. The morning seems to be cold, adding to her naked nature, she felt so disoriented. Short hair, morning breath, red face with dark eyes from crying herself to sleep, and black lines down her face. She didn't bother or remember to wash her makeup last night after being dropped by Norman in such a hurry.

Picking up a robe and wrapping it around her small body, Estella knew it would be a total waste of time to try to look presentable so all she did was walk to the door. Seconds before opening it, she made sure to put her perfect but weird smile on her face.

"Good morning ma'am" A young lady greeted cheerfully "Can you kindly go through this" She raised up a jotter that looks like a file "Before signing here than opening the package. ma'am?" A young woman smiled.

The smile quickly fade as she gazed at Estella with shock. Frankly, she looks like a widow with dark lines down her cheeks due to the mascara she didn't wash off last night.

"Good morning...." The woman trailed off "Miss Estella Sydney?" She grinned.

Feeling better it wasn't who she had expected and curious about what might be in the small box the delivery girl was holding, Estella fixed her hair with her fingers and smiled. Too late to fix her face as she moved a step closer and looked outside, surveying the area.

"Are you expecting something else, Ma'am?" The woman asked.

"Wasn't expecting to see you but it's 100 times better than seeing the face of my -" Estella bit her lower lips. Her eyes spoke of raw terror as she looked behind the delivery woman "My Kind-looking caretaker" she added with a fake smile.

The woman stared at Estella for a while totally speechless with her full lips wide open. Slowly, like she was expecting something more like a dragon, she turned back to see the caretake and scoffed.

Although Estella seems highly frustrated already but she couldn't hide the small smile as she watched the woman scoff again before rolling her eyes. Her gaze locked with the fat caretaker walking towards her in rage and she had to grab the Potter from the lady and signed it.

The last thing she wants is to get embarrassed in front of the woman even if she might not recognize her if she sees her outside. She shoved the woman away before getting to look at her angry Caretaker.

"Make sure you don't get to be late!" The woman yelled as she drove off on her bike.

Even when Estella wants to understand what the woman meant, she still would not want to take her eyes off the man now in front of her. Staring at her like he wants her to evaporate which is what she definitely wants.

"Estella Sydney!" He said, "I am sure you saw my notice yesterday and decided to peel it off!!!" He yelled the last part.

"Mr. Frank, I- I p-p-promise" Estella shuttered "Just give me this week and I will pay you I promise" she pressed the box to her chest with a pout.

"That!" Mr. Frank wiggled his left index finger in front of Estella's face "That look is shit!" He yelled, his right hand slapped his stomach and he grunts "That's what I have been hearing for months now! First, you said 'please Mr. Frank, you will have it by the weekend'" He mimicked her voice "From days to months and I tell you, I don't want this to last for years!"

No matter how Mr. Frank spat on her as he yelled, Estella made sure to remain silent. Her neck bent like her bone was no longer able to carry her head again. She just let her tears flow freely as she thought about many things she should have done if only she had helped.

Blaming herself if she should have just killed herself or done what many girls were doing. She should have just gone around doing hookups like many girls and gotten her money, after all, she lost her virginity at 9 when she was molested in one of her foster homes by a fellow foster child who was fifteen.

Till death, She would never forget that face. His evil laughter and then she thought she would die. She thought she should have just had sex with Mc Call and gotten her pay so all of this won't have happened.

'I give you tomorrow nightfall, Estella, Make sure you are out so I can change my locks' she recalls Mr. Frank's last statement before he went off.

Slowly, Estella dragged her foot back inside. She threw herself on the bed and sobbed her life out again.

The house wasn't the worst but it's never close to the best. It's small, appliance outdated, unkempt and always not tidy. She can as well find her toothbrush and paste in the fridge alongside two months old hotdogs.

Well, Frank would have to change more than just the locks because the drain in the kitchen had clogged and the heater and AC had stopped working. she might as well have to get rid of her trash today since it's the last day she might be there.

Ignoring the package, a sad smile spread across Estella's face as she realized that she would shortly be homeless. She turned towards the window after hearing her phone beep with an incoming message. Even with the phone unlocked in her hand, Estella still finds it hard to believe her eyes.

"Congratulations Estella, we have run through your profile, and with lots of commercials you have made, you are among the top ten shortlisted for 'ACTING THE LOVING WIFE SHOW'. If you are getting this message now, it means you should prepare and meet your driver in front of your house.

The final audition starts and ends today so don't be late and best of luck!"

Quickly, Estella rolled into a sitting position and looked out her window only for her to meet what she didn't want to believe at first. There stood a black SUV parked in her space.

It made her keep wondering how she had ignored seeing it all this while or if it just arrived as she was deep in thought, trying to believe if the message was real. Awkwardly, she knew she only had a little experience in acting but for her to be shortlisted in the top ten, something strong kept telling her to scream her lungs out!

"I did it!!!" She screamed as she jumped and waved at the car. At first, she didn't expect anything till the driver moved down the glass and waved back "Just give me some minutes and I promise I won't take your time!" She screams before dashing to the bathroom.

Quickly, she took her bath, made sure to shave her legs and other places hair grow, and climbed on her most expensive silver heel. The black shoe she chose fit her perfectly even when she had not put them on for months now because they were loose. She shrugged as she made a small sound from her throat and picked up her tiny black shining purse which could only contain her phone, and some money if she had one.

Rantling her introduction speech in front of her fugged mirror, Estella decided to ignore the second buzzing of her phone. Well, it didn't last long as it seems to be a message. Normally, it could be a notification for a new update from one of her celebrity crushes.

Drying her hair didn't take much time same as her makeup with only her mascara and lip gloss. Feeling fulfilled and strong about her appearance, Estella jogged out to the car. She felt so happy that she forgot she use to find it somehow difficult to walk on that heel but here she is, jogging like it's a fluffy slipper.

On getting to the car, the driver got out and opened the passenger side for her. At first, she felt rather too happy that she almost pulled the man into a hug but end up grabbing his hand into a shaky-hand shake. Since the gown wasn't a problem as it stopped a few inches above her knees, getting inside wasn't more of a challenge.

For the first few seconds, she didn't bother to notice the person beside her as all she kept doing was blinking rapidly so her makeup won't get ruined. All she didn't was countlessly tell herself that she can make it.

"I trust you would make it, that's why I reserved the job for you," someone said enthusiastically.

A small smile spread across Estella's eyes as she turned to look at the person sitting comfortably In his fine Italian blazer. The smile of the person was so cute that she couldn't stop the tears from dropping.

"Norman!?" Estella gasped "I didn't know you meant what you were talking about yesterday" she hugged herself as more tears flowed.

"Yep!" Norman grinned "And you will have to fix that makeup once you get to my office because I won't have you look like a Mummy in front of my boss"