Keeping up with... Kamryn?

Chapter 20

Kris, Kim, and I got in the car that pulled up in the driveway. They said hi to the driver like they had known him before.

They gave him an address and he acted like he knew where it was. But I had no idea where we were going. So I asked. "Um, where are we going exactly?"

Kim looked over at me. "That is a surprise!"

"I hate surprises." I laughed.

"Well, I guarantee you will love this one. Not every girl gets this opportunity, you know." She smiled.

"I know...I can't believe I am getting it." I sighed as I looked out the window and watched the beach roll by. I loved the beach but I never really got to go on a vacation. I went once when I was about 5 with my dad, but I barely remember it.

About half an hour later we pulled up to a shopping center. The first sign I saw was "Dash."

"We are shopping at your store?" I gasped.

"Yes ma'am we are!" Kim smiled. "I designed most of the clothes and I knew from the first moment I saw you that you would look great in them."

We walked in the store and I recognized the girl behind the counter immediately. Kris said, "Good morning, Malika...busy day so far?"

"Not really, a few people here and there. Slow start!" She smiled. All the sudden she looked over at me. "Who is this? She looks like she could be Kendall's sister!" She laughed.

Kris couldn't help but giggle..considering I actually am Kendall's now half-sister.

Kim played it safe, though, and brushed it off by saying "Her name is Kamryn...I brought her down here to try on some of our pieces...she might be a potential model for Dash."

Malika nodded and smiled and Kim looked through the clothes with me. "Look at this onesie mom....it would look gorg on her." Kim said, handing the piece of clothing to Kris.

She kept pulling out items of clothing...shirts, skirts, pants, dresses, and even bikinis...and handed them to kris to carry around. When her load of clothes started to pile up, I offered to help but she assured me she was fine.

After we basically had the entire store in Kris's arms, she led me to the dressing room to try it all on.

Kris said, "once you try on a few things and we know your exact size, you don't have to try on all of it..."

What a relief. It would be a workout if I had to try on every single piece of clothing they had picked out. Once they identified I was an extra small to a small, they said I could come out.

I put on my black pants and shirt and sandals and walked out from behind the curtain. Kim was at a table, laying clothes down saying things like "yes, yes yes...this is to die for...she would pull this off amazingly....to die!"

When she got done pretty much picking out a whole new wardrobe for me, she went up to buy it. The total came to over 3 thousand dollars. I felt legit lightheaded when I heard the number. Malika said, "Wow. You treat your models nicely." She laughed.

We walked out with over 30 shopping bags and loaded them into the trunk of the car.

We got in and I said, "that was fun...thank you guys so much!"

"Um, we aren't done yet!" Kim laughed and kris joined in. "Next stop....SHOES!" She smiled.

Oh....

"What kind of taste do you have in shoes?" Kris asked.

"Um...." I thought outloud. "Well, I've had the same pair of tennis shoes for 4 years now and I own one pair of sandals....I don't really have a taste yet." I said. I watched their reactions, I expected a look of disgust or horror at the thought of having only two pair of shoes.

But instead, I got a smile. "Don't worry, we are gonna treat you like royality now. Not because we can, but because you deserve it." Kim smiled.

We arrived at yet another shopping center. We walked in and there were UGG boots, heels, flats, sandals, and every kind of shoe imaginable.

They determined that I was a size 8 and a half, and Kim went to work. She pulled out the same pair of shoe in like 5 different colors, and shoes almost exactly alike. Furry shoes, silky shoes, sparkly and shiny shoes. I had never seen so many shoes in my entire life.

I said "Do you want me to try these on?" I asked Kim.

"No, it's not necessary....just trust me." She winked. I sighed and couldn't help but smile. I'm just not used to shopping sprees.

After about an hour, we left the store with over 40 pairs of shoes. I don't even want to know the price.

We hopped in the SUV waiting outside that was full of the rest of my wardrobe.

I looked at all the bags that were full of brand new clothes....all for me. I did nothing to deserve all that. So I spoke up to Kim. "Thank you so much....I don't know how I can repay you for all this."

"That just it..you don't. We are family now, Kamryn." Kim said.

I smiled from ear to ear. I didn't know how to react; I mean, I've never had a real family. It's always just been me and my dad. I had no cousins, no grandparents...nothing. And now all of the sudden I have 6 siblings and a mom.

I went from having nothing, to having everything.