They arrived in LA a few hours later.
Emily was asleep,yawning when she awoke.Jennifer parked the car and turned to her,smiling.
"So,Summer.I thought to make you feel welcome-We'd go shopping!"
Emily looked down at her faded velvet dress.Clothes!New clothes!Jennifer stepped out of the car and Emily followed.They first stopped at Chanel Boutique.Emily marvelled at the marble pillars and pricey clothes.She tried on cream kitten heels and a beautiful cream dress.Then a pink skirt.And a silk blouse.Jennifer approved each one.
"Oh honey!You look like a model!"
Then she proceeded to whip out of her many credit cards and buy them all.Emily was exhausted,even after one shop,but they cruised through more.At the end,Emily's arms were full of posh bags-A Miu Miu blazer,Louboutins,an expensive blue bikini,new Ray Bans and more designer goods.Emily put on her Ray Bans as she squinted in the Californian sun.
"So,is there anything you ever really wanted?"
Jennifer suddenly asked.
"Well,I've always wanted long hair..."
Jennifer clicked her fingers and pointed to a glamorous hair salon.
"Well,I love getting my hair done!"
Jennifer pulled her into the salon.There,Emily sat beside Jennifer.Jennifer was chatting away to the stylist about shopping and make-up.A dark woman came to serve Emily.
"Extensions and hi-lights,yes?"
Emily nodded.She spoke with a heavy French accent.Emily flicked through People and Vogue as the hair stylist worked away.She felt like she was dreaming.It was like something out of a movie.....a book!
"Oh,you look beautiful!"
Trilled Jennifer.She spoke with the stylist about shampoos,while Emily admired her new look.
"Wow."
The LA touch.Her hair,although not dyed,had light hilights,giving her hair a blonde touch.Her hair was longer,with the extensions, and came to below her shoulders.Emily's hair was sleek and shiny,and had loose curls.
"Wow.I love it."
She repeated.She looked to Jennifer and smiled.For once,she felt beautiful.
She was a goddess.She was flawless.
And her name was Summer.
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"Ready to see your new home?"
Jennifer asked Emily as she drove through a huge gate and up a long driveway.Emily nodded,peering outside to see tree and neatly trimmed hedges.Emily gaped when the house came into view.It was a majestic mansion.It was cream,and had a huge marble fountain in the front.Crystal water spurted from it,glistening in the light.Vast pillars seemed to hold up the reddish roof.Two topiary bushes in cream pots stood beside the door.Emily stepped out,still staring.
"Wow.Wow,wow,wow WOW!"
Jennifer smiled and opened the front door.Emily was greeted by the smell of lavender and a dark woman greeting them in Spanish.
"Emily,this is our housekeeper, Rosa."
Emily said hello,but still was amazed.The foyer had marble tiles,and a huge spiralling staircases that seemed to reach to the sunny LA skies.Fancy paintings were hung in ornate gold frames.
She followed Jennifer into the living room.A huge flat screen TV was embedded in the wall.A black leather sofa,as soft as you could imagine and a coffee table.A large cactus was settled in the corner.Next was the kitchen.It was all marble and cream.There was even a bar in the middle of the kitchen!The dining room was a vast and exquisite room.A huge fresco was on the turquoise walls.
"This place is beautiful!"
Jennifer came into the room,with a white fluffy cat in her arms.She grinned.
"This is Sylvie.I'll show you the garden."
Emily was excited as Jennifer showed her out of the large French doors.Emily grinned widely.AGin,she was madly impressed.
A huge swimming pool,perfect to practice in.White leather chairs were laid out around it.A wooden bar was on a large deck.Tables and chairs and a barbeque set for dinner parties too.There was colorful flowers planted in neat rows.
"I love this place!It's oerfect!"
exclaimed Emily,spinning around, with her arms outstretched.Jennifer smiled.
"But now you've got to see your room."
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Lucky Emily!And in the next chapter,we'll see her room.
Soon things will get shady....There's no such thing as a perfect life.
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