“The thing is…” said Natalie. She had no intention of hiding anything, so she told Shane the whole story.
Shane sighed and complained, “I never realized that you are such a busybody.”
Natalie grinned before she said coquettishly, “I can’t help it. She’s my friend, and she always had my
back when we were studying together. I can’t abandon her now that she is being bullied by others.”
“Nat…” said Sally as she held Natalie’s hand. Tears of appreciation were swirling in the former’s eyes.
Shane massaged his head and asked, “So her main issue now is that she can’t get to the training site
on time, right?”
“Yeah,” answered Natalie while nodding.
Shane sighed, then said, “Have Silas talk to the airport manager and ask him to have another first-class
ticket printed for her. Tell them I have requested for it.”
Shane had block booked the first-class cabin and could choose who he let on board. The airport would
also have to be nice to him for that.
“Thank you, Shane!” said Natalie, whose glee got her big, round eyes to glow upon hearing that.
Shane muttered an affirmative reply before adding, “Hurry up now. The plane is about to depart.”
“Okay, I’ll relay your message to Mr. Campbell right away,” said Natalie, before she quickly hung up.
Sally was lost and curious until Natalie told Silas everything that Shane had just said.
Silas began working on his task as soon as he heard his assignment.
After he left, Sally held Natalie’s hand in disbelief and asked, “Nat, does that mean I can board the
plane?”
“Yeah.”
“And I get to fly first-class?”
“That’s right.”
“Oh my gosh, that’s amazing!” cheered Sally while jumping, “Nat, you are truly my lucky star. I honestly
thought that I would miss this training opportunity. Thank you. Thank you so much!”
Sally hugged Natalie tightly. The former was over six feet tall, so Natalie looked especially small when
being held by her.
Natalie tapped on Sally’s back and said, “Okay, but you shouldn’t be thanking me. If it hadn’t been for the
guy on the phone, I would not have been able to help you.”
“Oh, that reminds me,” said Sally while letting Natalie go, “Nat, is that guy your boyfriend?”
“Yep,” replied Natalie with a smile.
Sally seemed genuinely happy for Natalie. “Congratulations, Nat,” said Sally.
“Thanks,” replied Natalie.
Silas returned to the ladies by then. He had a first-class ticket with him as he approached them, then he
handed the ticket to Sally.
Sally accepted the ticket quickly and politely while thanking him, “Thank you, Mr. Campbell.”
“You’re welcome. Please follow me,” replied Silas as he led the way.
Sally hugged Natalie’s arm and dragged her luggage along. The two ladies followed the man to the VIP
section.
When they reached the empty and spacious VIP section, Sally couldn’t help but gasp, “This is the first
time I am in the VIP section. I never thought that it’d look like this.”
Natalie grinned and reassured, “You’ll be here a lot once you become a famous model.”
“I still have a long way to go before that happens,” replied Sally as she slumped her shoulders and
added, “I’m not really thinking about being a famous model or anything like that just yet, though. I will
focus on the upcoming training for now. The company said that models who had done well for that will be
given a shot at walking down the runway. I’ll definitely seize this opportunity!”
“Good luck. You have my support,” said Natalie in an encouraging tone.
“Thank you,” replied Sally as she nodded.
They reached the plane as their conversation progressed.
All three boarded the plane together.
Shane was waiting in the first-class cabin, and everyone had to walk past the economic and business-
class cabins before they could reach first-class.
The three of them were about to walk past the economy-class section when Hannah, who was sitting in
her seat and wearing her sunglasses, suddenly caught Natalie and Sally. She stood up and called out,
“Hold it right there!”
Natalie and Sally stopped and turned around when they heard that voice.
“What?” demanded Sally. She was glaring at Hannah in annoyance and had Natalie shielded behind her
as she did that.
Hannah took her sunglasses off and demanded, “How did you get on the plane?”
“I walked over. How else could I have gotten on the plane?” replied Sally before she rolled her eyes.
Natalie couldn’t stop herself from giggling aloud from behind Sally.
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