The next morning, she woke up early. She reached GG's office at about 8:45. At about 9, she received a text that said '$1000 has been credited to your account'. She asked Jeff about it. "Miss Johnson, the company has wired you a bonus as a welcome gift. Make sure to spend it wisely. I hope this encourages you to work really hard during the photo shoot today. We will start at 9:45. We have to travel to Edsmire city and here's the list of drinks you have to make sure to get there at 11:00 for the boys and their schedule for the rest of the day", Jeff said as he handed a file over to Emily and got into the van.
She did not expect this at all. This was not on the contract. It came as a surprise. According to the contract, she would get paid about $3000 per month, but she can't quit for a year, or she'll have to pay 2 times the sum of her one-year salary as compensation. She never thought she'd land such a highly paying job. Now she is getting an out of nowhere bonus. "Is this real", she wondered. "Hey! Get in", Jeff shouted from the van. She stopped her thoughts and got into the front seat with Jeff. She found the boys behind her. Dan smiled at her and said, "Good morning, Emily". "Good morning!" she replied. Like yesterday, the other members didn't seem to care. She saw Sean behind Ryan, looking at her. She smiled. He smirked. She turned away. "What a weird guy", she thought.
They reached the studio. While the boys were being prepared for the photo-shoot, Emily and Jeff tried to organize some details. She looked at the list of drinks:
' Espresso for Ryan
Apple smoothie for Dan
Watermelon Hydrator for Joe'
"Make sure that those are prepared with zero added sugar", Jeff said.
"What about Sean and Kevin?", Emily was curious.
"Sean would finish his shoot by 11 as he wants to go back to the villa and work on his new song and Kevin has a doctor's appointment. I'll be taking him there. I expect you to be here with the other boys till they finish their shoots", Jeff said and Emily heart footsteps approaching.
"Hey Miss Martin. Glad to meet you again", Jeff said.
Emily turned around to notice a woman, in her early thirties, with black hair and almond-shaped eyes. Her lips were red, adding a touch of confidence to her face. She was in formal office attire with a sling bag around her shoulder. It was from Ygrette, one of the most luxurious brands.
"Glad to meet you too, Jeff, and you are….", she looked at Emily.
"I am Emily", she said.
"Well, let me introduce you to our new assistant, Miss Emily Johnson. Emily, this is Miss Lily Martin. She is the chief editor of Fashion Reign, the magazine we are doing this shoot for", Jeff said.
"Nice to meet you, Emily. Hope you are doing well at your new job", said Lily.
"Nice to meet you too, Miss Martin", said Lily.
"Jeff, can I have a world with you", said Lily.
They walked away and Emily continued her duties. She got the drinks by 11 as the boys took a break. Sean and Kevin left with Jeff. The other boys continued getting pictures taken. It was about lunchtime and Emily got the boys their lunch.
After lunch, Ryan said "Oh damn! I think I left my medication in my room. It's really important to take it."
"Hey assistant, go back to the Villa and get Ryan's medication from his room right now", Joe demanded.
Emily agreed. She thought about asking Jeff to pick her up but remembered that he is at the doctors with Kevin. She decided to go alone. She reached the villa. Jeff had given her the pass code before, so she got in easily. According to Ryan, his room is the second one of the left hallways, on the first floor. She reached the main hall of the first floor and turned towards the hallway on the left. There were four rooms with each room facing the opposite one. She located the second room from the beginning of the long hallway and started walking towards it. But as she walked closer, she could hear sounds. Sounds of a woman moaning. She got closer and she slowed down. "ohh fuck me hard" the woman kept saying. Emily now knew what was happening. But who is it? Who lives in the room opposite to that of Ryans? She thought of not going forward and returning. But her curiosity made her move forward. Also, she didn't want to irritate the boys by not completing the task given to her. She moved closer and closer. Now, along with the moans, she could hear groaning. She made sure that her footsteps were not heard. The door to that room was slightly open. She peeked with one of her eyes.
She was shocked when she saw the woman. She recognizes her. It's Tia! Her best friend…. She couldn't believe her eyes. She couldn't see the man who was with her as the door was only slightly open. She saw that Tia was having sex with someone and there was blood on the bed. She saw that Tia's hand was also drenched in blood. She started to lick the blood off her hands. She saw fangs coming out. "Her virgin blood is tasty," she said.
Tia is a Vampire?!?!
At that point, Emily couldn't think straight. She slowly started walking away from the hallway. But she accidentally knocked down a Vase. Now the couple became alert, and the moaning stopped. She didn't want to be caught so she moved faster before they came out and saw her. She hid behind the wall at the beginning of the hallway as she heard footsteps approaching. She ran down the stairs as she knew she'd be caught and reached the living room downstairs. She could feel that someone was standing near the railing of the first floor behind and watching her from above. She slowly turned around while she was still terrified and looked up. It was Sean! He was half naked. A towel was wrapped around his waist. Sean was the one with Tia! He stared at Emily with an evil grin. She ran out of the villa and didn't look back.
Sean kept looking at her. When, suddenly, a voice from behind said.
"Was it you who knocked the vase down?", Kevin asked.
"Yes! My fault", Sean replied.
"Were you peeping at us having some fun?", Tia asked Sean, and she started kissing Kevin on his lips.
"I was not! And please make sure to lock your door", Sean said.
"Then what were you doing here looking like that? Did you want to join us and have fun", Tia asked as she giggled.
Sean smirked and said, "None of your business." And stormed out of the hallway.
Emily ran as far as she could. She was panting really hard. She was crying. She can't believe what's happening. Is it all a bad dream? She wondered. She went home and closed the door to her room. She lay in her bed in complete shock. Her body was tired. She couldn't get what she saw out of her head! Hours passed by and Emily remained in the same state of confusion until she was startled by the sound of a notification from her phone. She received a text from Tia! It read:
'Hey girl! Got off work early today. I'm coming over!'