When Katherine entered her house and went straight to the kitchen looking for food, she was absolutely horrified to find that there was an unfamiliar woman with red hair cooking in their kitchen, she immediately figured this must be the dietician assigned to her but the worse part for Katherine was that the woman was preparing more vegetables for her and small portions of low calorie food which was a total disappointment for her.
The woman turned around and the minute she saw Katherine standing by the door she sauntered towards her and excitedly introduced herself to her "Hey gorgeous, I'm called Stephanie and I am your new dietitian. From today onwards I will be in charge of taking care of your meals you don't have to worry because I will be coming over to prepare your meals for you, ah you must be tired and hungry, go ahead and take a shower breakfast is almost done. Your mom gave me permission to use your kitchen so go I'll just finish up here."
Katherine looked at the small cheerful woman in front of her and weakly smile and said "Okay miss Stephanie thank you, I'll be right back then."
Stephanie frowned a bit and said "hey what's with the formalities we are age mates, I'm also 25 years old so just call me Stef, geez you made me sound old" Stephanie looked at Katherine with a pout and and added "and besides we are going to be seeing each other every day until you achieve your weight goal I want us to be friends and be really comfortable with each other it will be much easier that way, what do you think?" She asked with expectant expression on her small beautiful face.
" uhh yeah you are totally right about that, and since we are dropping the formalities you can call me Kath, let me quickly shower my own body odour is disturbing me.. Eww I stink" said Katherine with a friendly smile on her face.
After hearing what Kath said Stef happily returned to her cooking and Katherine went to her room and took a quick shower, after she was done she came back downstairs and what she saw was a total nightmare for her
On the dining table, on one side her mother and brother Noah were having their normal breakfast including her favorite pancakes and other delicious dishes.
While on the other hand Stef was patiently waiting for her to join her, she had arranged the vegetables and the other diet meals that's she cooked and each of them was put in small portions.
Katherine weakly went and sat down on the dining table after she greeted her mother and brother she looked at Stephanie who signaled her to start eating, but the food looked so unappetizing to her compared to the delicious meals she was used to eating.
She felt like crying but she decided since she brought this upon herself she must endure it if she wanted to be successful, she took her utensils and started eating, and as expected the food tasted bland in her mouth but she didn't complain and continued eating.
While she was eating she noticed her brother Noah winking and smiling flirtatiously at her new friend Stephanie, she heard him clear his throat and say:
"So Katherine will this beautiful lady here join us for meals three times a day every day?"
Before Katherine could answer Stephanie beat her to it and said "oh you think I'm beautiful? Thanks, I wish I could say the same thing to you. And no I will only have breakfast and lunch here, Katherine will not be eating dinner for the next three months."
Hearing this Katherine felt her soul leave her body and her face became pale "what?! I will be skipping dinner and for a whole three months??? Are you planning to kill me? This is too much for me, how will I survive with this little amount of food?" asked Katherine with a shaky voice.
Stephanie was so kind and understanding so she stood up and hugged Katherine and said" don't worry darling, the first few weeks will be hard but trust me with time you will adjust to it, it's not easy being a model you know, you have to be at a certain weight and you have to go through a lot of training on how to walk and other stuffs and since you are starting late we can't afford to make any mistakes, but I promise you that things will be easier once you are done with all this training and dieting. Hang in there my love, it will be alright, I'll always be there for you okay?"
Katherine's eyes became teary, she felt like crying because this was the first time she was receiving kind treatment after her father passed away, but she didn't want to appear weak to anyone so she just obediently nodded her head and they continued eating, she noticed that her mother and brother were sneering and glaring at her so she quickly averted her gaze.
She didn't want Stef to notice how toxic and uncaring her family was but unbeknownst to her, Stephanie is very intelligent and she has already understood her and her family dynamics in this short period of time she was here.
Because when she arrived at her house while Katherine was still at the gym with Hannah, she met and conversed with her mother and brother and they were very rude with the way they were shaming Katherine's weight and she had to defend her in front of them before they finally stopped talking badly about her and her weight, even though she never met Katherine before she understood that she must be going through a lot right now so she decided she was going to be her friend and her biggest support.
When they finished having breakfast Stephanie decided to leave because she has other things to do and Katherine walked her outside, as they stepped out she turned around and said "okay Kath, your brother is a total jerk, did you see the way he was shamelessly flirting with me back there? And your mother seems to support him no matter what he does, I don't know how you live with such people. I'm sorry Kath I know they are your family I'm just not the type to bottle up my emotions especially when I'm pissed, I need to tell someone to get it out off my chest. "
"It's okay Stephanie I understand, and don't hesitate to deal with my brother if he ever bothers you feel free to put him in his place. I'm glad you are open with me and thank you for today" said Katherine.
After saying goodbye to each other Katherine and Stephanie went there separate ways, Katherine went back to her home and slumped on her bed, she immediately fell asleep because of how tired she was.