Meredith watched the time on her wristwatch and hissed.
"Damn!" Meredith pouts. Meredith walks out of the room without saying a word to Matthew.
"Mine what a strange girl? I have to put up with this every day," he muttered to himself. Meredith comes out of the elevator and tries ordering a cab.
"Why is this cab taking forever to arrive?" she pouts. She let out a gentle chuckle when she saw that the cab was coming.
"There you are," she said as she jumped in it and it took off immediately. It took them more than 20 minutes to get to the De le Victoria Fashion House.
Luckily the cab driver was able to avoid the heavy traffic on the way.
Meredith hops out of the car after paying the cab driver, she increases her pace as she enters the building, She is nervous but takes a deep breath to calm her nerves.
She checked her wristwatch, it was 8:30. She let out a gentle chuckle and inhaled one last time. She wasted no time in locating the front desk, "Hello Miss, my name is Meredith, Meredith Copeland, please can you tell me where the interview is taking place?" she asked politely.
"Please, your name?" the receptionist at the front desk asked with no emotion on her face.
"My name is Meredith like I said," Meredith mumbles. The receptionist goes through the list of interviewees on the monitor in search of Meredith's name.
"I'm sorry Miss Meredith, your name is not on the interviewee's list." she rambles now lifting her head up to stare at her.
"I know but can I at least wait and see?" Meredith murmurs.
"Okay, no problem. The interview is taking place on the fifth floor, you can wait if any of the attendees do not show up you get their spot. All the best of luck!" she whispers.
"Many thanks," Meredith let out a murmur with a gentle smile, She needs the luck today more than ever. She steps into the elevator and presses the 5th-floor button, when the elevator door is about to close a gentleman asks her to wait, Meredith stops the elevator in time before the door closes for the man to enter. He rushed in panting, he had a guitar behind his back.
"Thank you," the man said gently with a wide smile. He stretched his hand to press the floor he was going to and realised Meredith was going to the same floor.
"Fifth floor huh?" the gentleman whispers trying to start up a conversation. Meredith nods with a gentle smile as she continues to look away.
"By the way I'm Edward," he said. Meredith stares at him once again and nods.
"I'm Meredith," she introduced.
Ding! The bell rings, and they have reached the fifth floor. Meredith smiles gracefully at Edward and steps out of the elevator without looking back.
She turns left while Edward turns right he turns to stare at her for a while before leaving.
Meredith saw a group of beautiful ladies about 20 of them seated, she assumed them to be the interviewees.
She was surprised they all looked like models. She took a seat at the extreme corner, this looked like an audition rather than an interview. She looked at her dress several times, she felt like the odd one among them.
She was in a blue suit and white pants. There was an interview and an audition on the same floor. Meredith joins the ladies auditioning to model with Eddie Duran.
Eddie went to the wrong session he returned to where the audition was taking place, he was on the phone so he didn't see Meredith.
"Dude come on, the audition is about to start, Where are you?" Eddie whispers. He was talking to Matthew on the phone.
He wants him to be the one to do the photoshoot. "I'm coming man, my head still hurts from last night's party," Matthew whimpers over the phone.
"Have you spoken to your mother yet?" Matthew asked.
"Don't ask man, come quickly." He scoffs putting the phone done. When the girls saw Eddie they started talking and whispering among themselves.
Meredith steals a glance at him. As the girls giggle happily, some try to fix their make-up, some hip their breasts up, and others throw flirting glances at him just to catch his attention.
Meredith wonders who he is to have all the girls lose their heads over him. He smiles mischievously at them and enters the auditioning room.
Meredith waited patiently as the ladies went in and out of the room. Each comes out with different expressions on their face.
She felt like using the washroom, so she stood up and asked one lady where the washroom was.
"Hey, please which way is to the washroom?" She said almost whispering.
"That way," the lady pointed out the direction.
"Thank you," Meredith walks out at the same time Matthew walks into the audition room.
Meredith bumped into an elegant lady in the washroom, she was retouching her face. She recognized the lady right away, Marisa Fernald, the same lady she bumped into back at the hotel.
She arrogantly shoves Meredith out of her way when stepping out of the washroom. Meredith let out a chuckle as she rolled her eyes, she used to be like her, arrogant and self-centred.
"Control yourself, Meredith, if you are lucky to work here then you will be seeing a lot of her. People like them promote their work because the world sees them as their idols," she whispers to herself and takes more deep breaths to control her anger.
She returned back to her sitting place, there were only 5 lady's left to be interviewed. She got tired of sitting and standing and walking around constantly checking her wristwatch.
"What is happening today? Why are we only having ugly people show up for the audition?" Mark one of the judges pouts in frustration.
Matthew was busy on his phone, the ladies were boring him. "How many more left?" Gabby asked, Gabby is a model and in charge of the modelling session of the company.
"5 on the list but there are 6 people waiting outside," the assistant Jim replied.
"I see, Well let's wrap this up fast," Eddie chuckles, Mark and Gabby share the same thought.
Matthew has turned his back and is busy playing a video game with a headset on.
Meredith was still waiting outside. The 19th and 20th ladies didn't spend much time in there. One even came out crying, Meredith tries to find out what happened to her but she storms out of there before saying anything.
"You are next," Jim mumbles looking at Meredith's face as she wonders if he is talking to her, She turns and sees no one behind her.
She gulps hard and takes her bag and files. She nervously follows Jim, who seems satisfied with her looks.
Meredith stood in front of the four judges who nods their heads and whispered among themselves.
Eddie tries to get Matthew's attention but he is lost in the game and ignores him.
"Hello," Meredith nervously said.
"Hey, how come your name is not part of the audition list?" Gabby asked.
"Take off your suit," Mark ordered even before Meredith could explain herself. Eddie was lost, he only watched her in a daze.
"I called in late, that's why my name was not on the list, the receptionist was good enough to let me wait and try my luck," She replied confidently as she walked to their desk and gently placed her documents in front of them.
She walks back to her spot taking off her jacket. The judges were confused but impressed by her designs. For a while, Gabby and Mark had their focus on her file.
"I know, I don't have any working experience, but I am very dedicated and a fast learner. When giving this opportunity I promise not to let you down." Meredith whispers, waiting for them to say something but Gabby and Mark have their focus still on her documents while Eddie continues to gaze at her, Matthew on the other hand has his back towards her.
Meredith felt a bit confused but kept her composure.
"Um.." Gabby clears her throat. "Loosen your hair," Mark instructed.
Meredith immediately unties her hair as her brown curly hair bounces over her shoulders.
She brushes it backwards with her fingers. Gabby and Mark were impressed with what they were seeing, they nodded their head in satisfaction.
"Look left," Mark ordered which Meredith complies with, Without delay, she felt as if she was auditioning to be a model.
"Okay, Look right, then look up, now look down." He commanded as Meredith followed his pace.
He was really impressive and nodded his head back and forth as a slight smile hit his lips.
"You look perfect from all angles, here is it guys, we have our model, what do you think Eddie?" Mark grins turning to face Eddie who is lost in Meredith's beauty.
"Me no, she is just perfect, dude take a look at your sister-in-law," he said lustfully and whispered to Matthew. Gabby and Mark laugh.
"Great! finally, the time was worth it then," Matthew said without looking up.
"Okay Meredith, I know you are confused, and as I can see you didn't come here to audition as a model but as a designer which by the way you have a great portfolio I must say."
"I have an offer for you, you are the best out of all the ladies we audition for today. If you agree to be the model for this project, I will see if I can get you another spot for the interview. Actually, you got lost, your interview is on the other side," Mark said with a smile.
Meredith smiles and wonders if to accept the offer or not. she grits her teeth, Just then Matthew swings his chair around slowly, lifting his head to look at the model he will be shooting.
Imagine the shock on his face when he saw Meredith's face.