Leap Of Faith

Twenty Six

“Hels?”

Spencer heard Seph call out to the tall blonde girl who was talking on her phone, her back turned to them both.

The girl ended her call and spun around, making the high pitched squealing noise that girls have a tenancy to make when she saw her friend. Her and Seph ran towards each other and embraced, both grinning wildly at each other.

“I’ve missed you so much Seph! And I’m so sorry to hear about that fucktard Edward. You derserve tons better than that bag of dicks.”

Spotting Spencer, she released Seph and approached him, recognising him from their Skype chats.

“Hello new friend! I feel like we should hug, can we hug?”

Spencer normally wasn’t that comfortable hugging strangers but he felt like he knew Helen from their chats and he greeted her with a quick hug. She was an extremely attractive girl, taller than the average girl she clocked in at around 5ft 10, towering above Seph who was tiny in the flat shoes she was wearing today. She was supermodel slim, with long blonde hair and had a face that definitely could launch a thousand ships, just like the Greek Helen of Troy had.

“It’s nice to finally meet you, Helen,” Spencer told her warmly.

“Ditto. I did wonder about the mysterious stranger who came into my friends life and suddenly got her back on track. I’m sooo excited about tonight, I can’t believe that Lila Archer is going to be wearing your designs. I love her! And she’s so sweet to have wanted to help out with TDDQ.”

“She’s great Helen. And with her help, this has to work right?” Seph asked her.

“Definitely. The fashion pages love her style anyway. They’re always featuring her. Shall we go up?”

Seph looked around the lobby of the building Helen had told her to meet in. Spencer knew why they were here but she didn’t.

“Yes, let’s. I’m curious… ”

Helen led them over to the cargo elevator in the corner of the lobby and selected the floor they needed.

Spencer could sense Seph’s curiosity rolling off her, wondering why they were here.

They’d spent a few more hours with her parents after she’d dropped her bombshell that she wasn’t going to back to Lux, and her parents had dropped their equally explosive bombshell and had explained to her that they’d only been so harsh on her to encourage her.

Spencer personally thought that given her mental state, it had been a terrible technique. She’d needed actual encouragement from them, not faux guilt trips and threats of having her trust fund stopped. But, they didn’t know how she was truly feeling inside, they obviously just saw the girl who wanted something, but didn’t seem to be trying hard enough to get it. He could see why they’d done what they’d did, they wanted her to do this for herself the way the founders of Lux had, and as harsh as her father had been for berating her for giving up when Alex had died, he had been right. A successful business doesn’t stop functioning because of personal tragedy and Seph had needed to realise that.

Still, he was incredibly proud of her for standing up to them and the beams on their faces had told him that they were too. They’d spent the afternoon talking, Rhea and James Bella-Morte asking about her plans and them talking with Spencer about his job.