Chapter 3
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Another one afternoon, Valeria was busy on her shop, she is talking to her two dressmakers named Flor and Rose.
"We need to finish those uniforms on Saturday, let’s do overtime if needed," Valeria said.
"Madam, sure to finish them, do not worry." Rose said while sewing.
“Anyway, when the mannequin will deliver here?” Flor asked.
"Tomorrow!” Valeria said excitedly.
"That’s nice!” Rose said enthusiastically.
Meanwhile, at Melania's school.
She is watching a program in school and there's been a beauty pageant.
The beauty candidates are all beautiful walking elegantly on the stage wearing their finest gowns, and while watching them, into her great surprised, one of them was Brando’s girlfriend. She remember her when she saw her kissing Brando. She also a junior high school student in that school. She was the most beautiful among the candidates. She rolled her eyes and she saw Brando sitting in the other side and he was cheering to his girlfriend. She felt so much jealous and insecure. "How can I be as pretty as her?" Melania said to herself while sitting in the audience.
"Do you think you will be a part of beauty pageant? Well in your dreams!" Said her classmate who was sitting next to her.
Melania looked at her, she just lowered her head.
"Why are there people who want to be a beauty queen, even though she knew that she is fat and ugly?" Said one classmate sitting on her left.
“Yes, it's a bad thing, look at yourself in the mirror? Even you put a lot of make up on your face, you will never become beautiful!” The other one said drastically. Melania felt bad while she heard it. She ignored them even if she hurts inside. After a few moments, the winner announced and it was Brando’s girlfriend. Her name is Misty sees them embracing each other with joy. Melania stood up, wants to go home.
And her classmates laughed at her as she walks away. She had just gone to the mall to cool off, and passed by the empty stage where the contest of Brando took place a few days ago. She stopped on it and remembered when she first saw him.
And then later, she saw a janitor removing the posters. She approached the janitor and asked him. "Are you going to throw it away?” she asked.
"Yes,"
"Can you just give me one," she asked.
"Sure," said the janitor and handed her the poster, but it wasn't Brando's, "Can I choose another one?” Melania asked. And the janitor let her to choose until she saw Brando’s poster. “This is what I like!” Melania said.
“Okay then it’s yours!” the janitor smiled.
Melania felt so happy, she rolled it and hold it tight.
“Thank you so much!”
…
When she came to her room, she stick it in the wall, near the bed. And she enjoyed watching it. She rubbed his chest and leaned her cheek to it and she closed her eyes and dreamed. After a while, Iris came in, and she saw her clinging to the poster. Iris nodded. "How that poster is went to you?” she asked with surprised. "I was at the mall a while ago, and I saw the janitor was about to throw this, I asked for it and he gave it to me,"
"Oh well, but how does it feel if you just look at that poster?”
Melania didn’t react. “And I don't think you'll ever see him again," Iris said. Melania didn’t say anything but she enjoys gazing at the poster.
…
Next morning, in the afternoon
At Valeria's shop, they were all busy sewing.
Melania and Iris just got home.
“Mom, we’re home!” Iris said happily.
“Oh nice to come home early my dear!” Valeria said to them.
Shortly thereafter, a white truck came in the façade in front of her shop, and has written Adeline Corp in it.
Valeria went outside and she found out it was the delivery truck of the mannequin that she ordered.
“Oh! It’s here!” Valeria said excitedly.
"The long wait is over!" Rose said.
"What is that truck about mom? Adeline Corp?" Iris asked.
"That's where I bought the mannequin."
"Oh, I knew it! That’s why you put a display window in front of our shop?" Iris asked.
"Yes! You’re right sweetie." Valeria said happily.
When Melania heard that they will have a mannequin at their shop, she was so delighted. “We will have a mannequin? I can’t believe it!" Melania said happily and goes out to look for it, she is watching the two men releasing the mannequin inside the delivery truck.
It’s a beautiful female mannequin with long black hair with bangs. Melania was so astonished looking in the Mannequin.
"Where to put it?" the delivery boy asks.
"Here in the display glass window." Said Valeria.
"It's beautiful!" Rose and Flor said then they stop sewing for a while. And after the mannequin was placed in the display window, Valeria paid the balance and the delivery men leave. They are all happy when they have a mannequin in their shop finally.
"Mom! I'll help you dress up the mannequin!” Said Iris excitedly.
"Oh that’s better, help me dear,”
"What clothes are we going to put on her?" Iris asked.
"Hmn? This extra school uniform,”
"School uniforms? Why not should be gowns or beautiful dress?" Iris asked.
“I know, but it's only for a while okay, we have no gowns and nice clothes yet, except this uniform, so it's a temporary one,”
"Alright,”
While Valeria and Iris putting the uniform to the the mannequin, Melania was stuck her eyes staring at it. Then she approached closer to the mannequin and slowly grabbed its hand. While holding it, Melania felt a peculiar instinct.
"Melania, will you please sit back there, where not done yet!" Valeria ordered.
“Okay aunt,” Melania said then she sat down on the couch, but she still keep looking at the mannequin. Then…suddenly, Melania said something that anyone was stunned.
"What's her name?" Melania asked.
"Seriously?” Iris said wondering.
“This is not a human or a pet to have name," Valeria said.
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