Scars

Chapter 5: Ella (12Hours to Ball:)

Waking up every day to me was kind of like torture since I and patty had
been planning the ball, I barely got enough sleep of my own and before I knew it
the rays of sunlight would pierce their way through the curtains to wake me up,
asides all that the past few weeks were nightmares. Patty and I were busy reserving one of strides company structures in town, It was a three storey building that stride
owned but wasn't fully put to use, so patty and I had asked for the reconstruction
and all other additions to make this currently dilapidated looking building all ready
for a huge party worthy of certain celebrities which we thought was a good idea
placing them on the V.V.I.P list, doing decorations and other stuff that had to do
with planning were our thing, it was all in effort to whip the place into shape
before the big fundraiser that was just currently 12hours away from now, and here
I was lying in my bed and barely opening my eyelids and hearing voicemails all
going through my mind from the landline across the other room as I woke to all the
"Ella we need you at the Lakewood house…" kinda requests.
We'd already gone through all the work…well mostly all of it, but we
had to wrap everything up before nightfall which would be 8:00pm I guess because
right now I couldn’t even tell the difference between my legs and my bathroom flip
flops, I had managed to walk all the way to brush my teeth and take that Jacuzzi
dip and finally I was back to being me and thinking by the time I was done here
and went over to patty's she'd be drooling on her bed fast asleep as I was moments
ago.
Another 20 minutes and I was at Patty's apartment knocking and imagining my
best friend waltzing in her dreams as if she was Alice in wonderland, to my
surprise the door swung opened and I walked in and there was music so loud I felt
it could break the fine glass windows that let the beautiful sunrays warm up the
room, and here was Patty dancing around to the music with a beats by dre
headphones round her neck and the sunrays shining on her perfectly looking
blonde hair it almost seemed like I was watching a T.V commercial
"My Name is NO, My Time is NO, My Number is NO you need to let it go…."
Patty kept dancing and singing to Meghan Trainor's beats which rightly spelled out
the words NO, and here she was the mighty patty that told me I just need to open
my heart to others and maybe just maybe my "Knight in shining armor" as she
called it, might appear and we'll live happily ever after, but that was not me
anymore, I quit believing In true love I know I wouldn’t find even if I spend a
lifetime looking so it's just best I focus on constant things in life like my work my
life and my business and least of my worries or… so I tried to convince myself
(Men). I snapped out of my thoughts and got Patty to stop dancing and prepare to
go shopping for the final few items which would include our ball gowns for
tonight, and as you'd probably guess we just had to ask the ones who knew best about it; Susan, Kristin and Kylie. And of course imperial was going to be one of
the major sponsors of our fundraiser later tonight, patty had seen to that and made
sure all those coming from Imperial F.H got on the V.I.P list, although after dialing
our friends we'd figured out that Kylie was Not in town she'd had to attend a
fashion show, Imperial chose her for in-corp with Victoria's Secret where she'd be
modeling for a designer at Victoria's Secret, trust me I have no idea how these
fashion houses operate.
We'd gone over to a shopping Mall after picking up Susan and Kristin at work,
it felt so good to be with them once more, we'd been shopping and even went over
to do some manicuring cause you know a girl's gotta make her nails pretty right?
After all of that we'd finally arrived the clothing section were there were lots and
lots of pretty dresses our eyes kept rolling in their sockets, but this was where patty
and I had made way for our experts to pick "something elegant" for us as Patty said
but trust me I just wanted to pick a dress and be done with it already
"That one"
"No I don’t think it speaks the soul and power that Ella carries inside of her"
"Gosh you guys keep arguing about this and that…jeez when do we just pick the
right one and get going?” Patty asked looking so stressed from all the suggestions
Kris and Susan made, though I'd say it was easy for her to feel that way because
Kris and Susan found her one of imperial's best ball gowns here in the shopping
mall, it fit so perfectly I actually thought the specifications of the dress was made
for her
"Patty you gotta understand, Ball gowns aren't just anything you wear anyhow or
like eating a chocolate bar, it's not that simple, the dress has to choose you and you
the dress" Kris replied
"You're making it sound like a wedding commitment" patty replied in disbelief
and also looking pretty much lost
"Do I have to say any wedding vows when I step into the dressing room" I giggled
trying to make fun of what patty had said, we all began to laugh and finally kept on
checking for that one gown for me and after long hard lectures of gowns and the
essence of elegance in a gown which you'd definitely expect from two fashion
designers, Susan had called my attention to the one dress at the corner there amidst
a set of yellow red and ash gowns its deep blue radiance had drawn our attention or maybe my attention, I was captivated by the colour and the amount of energy I
could feel just by looking at the dress
"I believe this is the dress that we came for Ella, it speaks of you in every way,
strong, though hurt but still strong beautiful and full of will" Susan smiled as she
picked the dress and Handed it over to me
"That solid gem toned color, and those perfectly placed crystal adornment, that’s
a Jovani product! wow you sure are a lucky girl Ella, I know Imperial is Doing a
lot but this jovani product beats anything imperial will have to offer you for now
Ella" Kris looked awed as she stood by patty who was now smiling and giving me
a thumbs up, I almost felt like crying the way they all looked so happy for me even
though I know that crying over finding a dress did sound kinda dumb but I still
wanted to do it anyway.
But as much as I wanted it I really couldn’t buy it at my current pay grade, I
looked at the price tag and it cost 450 dollars, were jovani products always this
expensive? I wouldn’t risk everything to buy a dress that could be able to solve a
few financial issues of mine so I sadly put it back; Susan looked at me and saw my
worried look
“What’s wrong Ella?” she asked
“I like the dress, pretty and all but I can’t afford it, am sure we could find
something better which would cost less I guess” I replied her
“Silly you, Ella, that’s why we are here for you” Susan replied
“What’s going on” patty drew near and asked
“She’s skeptical about the price, so she was scared about picking it up” Susan
replied her
“Ohh nonsense leave that to me!!, that’s what am here for” I turned and Kristin
was offering to buy the dress for me, I felt like sinking into the ground even though
they were my best friends I never wanted to put them in such a position
“No Kristin please don’t….”I tried to explain but she cut me off
“Ella this is the least we could do so let us help, besides remember Martin Stone?”
Kristin asked
“Millionaire playboy?” patty asked arching her brow “Ohh come on now patty when you say it like that you make it sound like a
terrible thing” Kristin replied while I and Susan stood watching.
“He’s just a millionaire interested in me, he even handed me his credit card to
buy whatever it is I want” she closed her eyes as if being in an imaginary world
“uh huh are you two an item now?” patty asked in a deep tone it almost didn’t feel
like her, we all burst into laughter, patty was just so full of spirit and funny she
made everyone feel alive
“Patty that’s enough” Susan couldn’t help laughing at both of them
“So let’s go look for something cheaper..?” I asked
“Ella”
“Yes”
“In” they all pointed to the dressing room
“Yes Ma’am” I pouted and took the dress
I went into the dressing room and tried on the gown, it fit so well and I felt so
comfortable in it I almost felt I was Beyoncé getting ready to walk down that red
carpet, and soon as I stepped out to show everyone how I looked the murmuring
and laughter from my friends just ceased almost immediately and all I could see
was a set of awe struck faces from not only them but all that were around the
clothing section and at that point I felt like running back into the dressing room.