BROKEN soul
EPISODE 11
“Is that me?” I asked, in a state of
confusion and surprise. Franca came behind me in the
mirror and smiled. “Yes, baby girl,
that's you , now you look
exactly like a princess… ''She teased
and I laughed. I looked different-I looked too
beautiful and not like myself at all.
The dress was a tube gown,
knee-length, clinging to my hip.
It had a flowery pattern. There
was a purse and a pair of shoes to match…they were all nice. The
makeup changed my face totally.... it just couldn’t be me… I could feel moisture at the corner
of my eyes but I blinked them
away quickly- I still could tell that
this was a dream. maybe i
was m dead really and just
imagining my life somewhere in heaven cos this beautiful thing
happening to me has never
happened…I do not deserve it… “Will you stop feeling sorry for
your self and let’ s go enjoy the
show? she asked..... Summoning courage, I
nodded immediately. Careful not to
trip, I held Franca’s hand and
walked with her. """"""""" The show was everything I have
always seen on TV just that, now I
am in the show and not at home... I was sitting
next to one of the most powerful
women I know in the fashion
industry. The show was beautiful and I saw
familiar faces which I normally
saw on TV…the lady that was
mean to me was really good,
everyone celebrated her and she
was probably the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She just knew
how to wow the corwd and many
men in suts kept whistling at her..i
got to know her name was Tanya.
She came out in different
spectacular dress... she was indeed Nairobi’s star and I could
tell that even Madam was proud
of her. Through out her walking, I
realized she kept looking at a
particular direction….she would
smile and even wink…it was so fat
that no one wouldn’t take any
attention but I did…she did it three times so while she walked
away and before she came out
again, I looked towards that
direction and my eyes came in
contact with a man….he was rich
quite alright and he was white, he looked like all these oyibo
superstars. While our eyes came in
contact, I quickly looked away. Tanya came out shortly after, this
time, wearing a mini gown,
leaving all her Bom out on
display. There was a loud
whistling from the men in the
room,,,,Madam rolled her eyes and sighed. All the turning and walking she
did, got me clapping even though
I never smiled at her…_i didn’t like
her at all… The excitement got to me too
much so I had to excuse myself
and went to the toilet. I was vomiting…it wasn’t cos of
the food I ate but the excitement
was too much for me…my body
wasn’t used to such things and I couldn’t
control it. While I washed my face carefully,
so as not to wipe the makeup, I
was looking at myself in the
mirror...unconsciously, I began to
mimic the way Tanya had walked
and blew kisses at the crowd…so who was that man she kept
winking and throwing her butts
at? Probably her admirer or her
man. He must worth a mint..i
thought to myself..he ws also
handsome ….i continued thinking unable to stop but I stopped thinking when I heard
someone sobbing in the
bathroom I first of all contemplated if to go
check or not but the sobbing
increased so I went to check who
it was…it was the other model that
had worn the Cinderella gown. I rushed to her… “What happened to you?” I
asked, flushing the toiler for
her….. I noticed she’s been crying for sometime now … “Im pregnant..Madam will kill
me…I can’t stop vomiting, the
morning sickness is getting to me
so quick..i don’t want to ruin tonight
and I am so scared…” “Should I call Franca?” Before she answered, Franca and
three other models came in, along
with Tanya. “Atieno darling..is it bad? Are you
okay?” Franca said, rushing to her
while the other two embraced
her, trying to pet her. Tanya
remained behind, watching herself in
the mirror. I moved back while I created
room for the rest of them. I was
standing beside Tanya and feeling
like probably ..i don’t know why I
even had to talk to her…. “You are so beautiful and you did
so well….” I said to her..its fashion,
I can’t help myself She looked at me and scoffed.
“I’m a star, that’s what’s
expected.Someone like you
woiuldnt know that.” She said
bluntly and returned to the mirror. I kept quiet and went to the rest. “Someone will have to take your
place.” I heard Franca say while
the rest nodded. “You can’t go
another round like this and you
still have one more round to go.
You need to go to the hospital. Wekesa and Kerubo… I need you
both to find her a car right away,
we will get someone to do the
round for her.” The two ladies nodded quickly
left the bathroom. “I don’t have any more round to
go, I can take her place.” Tanya
said, that was the first thing she
said since she got in. Franca and Atieno exchanged
glances… “Why can’t she take my place?”
Atieno asked Franca , pointing to
me. I thought she was joking so I
laughed out loud. “I’m serious. Let her do it. She
looks my size Franca plus I saw
her walk infront of the mirror few
minutes ago, shes natural, let her
do it…” “The cab is already here.'' The other two
ladies said they helped Atieno out
of the room. “I will call you later dear and none
of you should talk to Madam
before I do. Let me handle it.”
Franca shouted as they left. “You can’t be serious Franca. Why
can’t I do it? “ Tanya demanded,
she sounded angry. “Atienon wants scarlett to do it
and that’s final!” “She can’t do it! She is a nobody here''
How can you just say that?” Tanya
shouted, flaring up. “Franca, please, I am not
interested in stepping on any toes
and….” “Nobody wants you here
anyways, why don’t you just
leave!” Tanya shouted at me. “Will you both just keep quiet!”
Franca shouted at us. “Look, this is a big mistake and I
will be glad once Madam Lucia
fires you!” Tanya said finally,
walking out. “Franca please…” I began… “Shut up and follow me..you are
doing this I can see the desire in
your eyes already ...................... Now..the next is the exquisite Meghan Taylor’s gown which will be featured on the Amazon’s movie for 2022, this is how its going to look like….. While the moderator or whoever it was
kept explaining the gown I was
putting on, I couldn’t help but feel
jittery. You know that feeling you
have when you are somewhere
very very high and you are looking down below….i felt worse
than that. I could even feel a pee
coming. The gown I was wearing
resembled that of Katniss in the
Hunger games for those that have
watched the movie..the one where
her clothes had wings…..yea….it
was a short red gown clinging to my hips delightfully, it, was made
of the finest silk with a pair of
beautiful detachable wings made
from the finest cotton and
adorned with diamonds....the wig
I was wearing was a red bob style and my eyelashes shot out like
twigs. My makeup was quite heavy
making me look like the devils
angels. I was wearing a knee
length black ankle boot… . “You can do this. All you have to
do is to breathe, count your steps
and make me proud that's all …beat
Tanya….and let her realize she is not
the only star here…anyone can be a
star and you are here to be one…” While Franca gave me the encouragement
talk..i wasn’t listening all I could
see was walking down the
runway and tripping….falling flat
on my face and probably
breaking one of the wings and finally being deported to Nigeria
where I finally wake up. Let’s welcome the Red and Black Meghan Taylor 2022 for the Amazon's movie….The Devils Advocate… The music started and the beam of
light was already positioned in my
direction….I was still behind the
curtain..my heart was beating so
fast and I was beginning to
sweat even when there was air-condition ….from behind the curtain I could see the eyes of a thousand
and the camera lights. “Go girl!” I heard Franca say but I
couldn’t move… “I said Go!” She shouted at me, pushing
me out of the curtain that I almost
lost my balance… that instance, I
saw Tanyas..she looked as if she
was ready to mock me at any
moment. I adjusted my position and stood
up well…. My God…there was so much
crowd and too much lights….. Trying so hard to regain my
confidence, I concentrated on the
music and I flashed back to the
time when I was in my mothers
house when I used to practice for
a time like this….that was when I regained my confidence. I walked and let the music count
the beat for me….my legs moved
effortlessly as if they were
walking on the clouds….i stopped
as I got to the end of the walkway
and just as I turned I spread out my wings as if I wanted to fly…the
crowd stood up and I couldn’t
believe the applause I heard…. That was when I later realized that
just like in hunger games as well,
the wings had their own lights….i
never knew that such gesture
would bring out sparks of light…. Finally I was smiling ..as I walked
back majestically, I could see
Tanya’s look of disappointment around her face .......I
could see the whiteman rasing his
cup of wine to me as a cheer and I
could see Madam nodding her head in agreement while the curtain
was pulled down…the applause
still continued. Franca looked at me in awe and
embraced me….”I knew you are a
natural born star….” She said as she hugged me….i was
too happy and I knew it was time
for me to faint…
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