Chapter 1

Kiko hurriedly ran out of her apartment and down the stairs with her shoes in her hands. On getting to the main road, the scorching hot coal tar burned her soles as she ran as fast as she could to the nearest bus stop.

Luckily, she arrived just in time and was able to catch the bus. On getting to her destination, Kiko got off the bus and briskly walked into the tall office building that was on the other side of the road.

She went up to the reception and said "hello, I'm here for the interview" the receptionist gave her a once over and rolled her eyes then said "third floor, blue door" Kiko said thank you and left. On getting to the room with the blue door, she took a deep breath and walked in.

She looked around the room and she felt severely underdressed as everyone dressed like models but all she had on was a pair of track bottoms and a polo with a pair on converse shoes while the other girls had sexy dresses, mini skirts, body suits; you name it, which makes sense considering the fact that they were all applying to become models.

Soon enough the interviewer called Kiko in and as soon as the entered the room, the interviewer miss Louise sneered and said in a condescending tone "are you lost darling? We're not interviewing cleaners today, get your agency to contact us then maybe we can hire you immediately"

Kiko clutched her sling bag and said "no ma'am, I'm here for the audition, the modeling one?" miss Louise smirked and said "oh, I honestly thought you were here to become a cleaner. Anyway, according to your cv you studied fashion in the Cambridge school of arts, is that right?"

"yes ma'am"

"that's great actually but you don't have any real experience written here and I most definitely do not appreciate the gap I see here. You took the one year course at 16 and you're 18 now so what happened during the one year gap?"

"miss I think that question is too personal. According to the job description, all you need to do is watch the models catwalk not pry into their private life"

Louise sneered and said "you either answer the damn question or get the fuck out of here"

With a smile Kiko said "miss according to company policy, staff isn't allowed to curse or swear. You broke that rule and also, private life shouldn't be discussed during work hours… also I could report you for improper behavior against an interviewee and bullying"

Louise stopped smiling and said "you passed the interview. You can start tomorrow" with a bright smile Kiko said "thank you for your kindness ma'am"