Pretty Girl Tears

Chapter 19

"What's this?"

Lauren ask as Camila hand over a white envelope into the elders palms smiling as she return back behind her desk with a flourish of happiness only she knew to be a result of last nights surprise domination..

"That is your first pay cheque miss model.. well, part of it anyway!"

Lauren quickly rip the top from the packet opening it up to pull out the thin sheet of paper almost choking on her own breath as she examine the number below

"PART of it? What do you mean part of it? Camila thats-

"$10,000...that's your milk money from Paris.. every catwalk will give you a slim percentage of takings and well.. that's yours.. you walked it.. you earned it!"

Lauren felt her chest tightening as she continued to look at the number as if a complex equation she just couldn't wrap her mind around... she had never seen a number that big let alone owned it... she didn't even know what she'd do with that amount of money...

"What the fuck... I have never had that much money in my li- I don't even know wha-

"You'll get used to it trust me, you'll get your flat rate at the end of the month just for being here.. $3000"

It took a wild strain of strength for Lauren to keep herself stood upright as she fold over the piece of paper in her hands setting it down beside her before looking back up at her boss

"You know if you'd have told me $10,000 was gonna sit in my pocket I wouldn't have had a problem with walking that stupid runway.."

"Let's get one thing abundantly clear, the second you start obsessing over how much money you're capable of earning I will cut your cheque! No model of mine is going to be seen as desperate.. I need passion not hunger"

Lauren nod back quickly at the very firm and direct order.. she was right, money blinds people.. sets them aside from the very reason of their purpose and with that the elder quickly reply with

"Understood, change the world.. got it!"

She swallowed back heavily rubbing at her throat as she set down in the seat in front of her boss lifting her feet up to bunch over her knees to settle in for their little 'meeting' Camila had arranged previously

"Ok so here, check this out"

She slid across a wildly detailed sketch that lay out her idea for an up and coming campaign, it would be Lauren's first cover so everything had to be perfect no matter how long it took.. she ran her eyes over the details gasping at the way her mind poured out across the page

"It's.. incredible? I love it?"

"Yeah? Good, anything your unhappy with just let me know because this is our vision remember.. not just mine!"

That statement was wildly reassuring as it meant the woman really was keeping Lauren in the loop, she was laying everything out in plain view for her to add in her input which only left her more willing to participate.. she was listening..

"No seriously it's perfect.. roses are my favourite and I love being in nature so.."

"Well I'll send it over to Ally and she'll get to work on finding a good location"