Chapter 2: The Portrait

As Jennifer closed the door, she gave Terrance a welcome hug.

"I want to thank you for coming to my house.", Jennifer said.

"No Problem!", said Terrance.

Jennifer lets go of Terrance and showed him the kitchen. Terrance was speechless by how nice, huge, and clean her house was.

"This has got to be the best looking house I have ever stepped in. Did you do this all by yourself?", he said in amazement.

"Yeah, it took me two years to get this house at my standards. It was not easy, but I'm happy with the way I made it become", she responded back.

As they walked towards the kitchen, Terrance noticed a portrait of Jennifer. The portrait showed Jennifer wearing red lingerie and posing sexy on bed holding handcuffs. Terrance walked towards the living room, picked up the portrait, and questioned Jennifer about it.

"What is this photo all about?", he asked.

"Oh, I did not know you noticed it.", she replied.

"Well, how can anyone not notice a beautiful woman looking seductive?", he responded back.

"True. This photo brings back a lot of memories. What I did not tell you is that I used to be a lingerie model", she said.

"That is interesting. What made you stop modeling?", he asked.

"I did not stop modeling, I was actually fired and lost my manager", she explains.

"What happened?", he asks.

"I do not feel comfortable going through the details of what happened. But let's just say that I got accused for being too rough towards one of my male employee.", she confessed.

"Rough? What do you mean by Rough?", he asked.

"Like I said, I do not feel comfortable talking about what went on. But taking this photo was the best moment of my life. Before this photoshoot took place, I was a nobody and it was a struggle to get my name out there. I almost went homeless, since it was so hard for me to get hired and I barely had any financial support. But after seeing an ad online that they need new models for their fashion show, I decided to take whatever opportunity I needed to survive. When one of the people saw my application and photos, they were impressed and wanted me to model in their big fashion show. This was the photo that helped me find my true purpose in life. Without this photo; I wouldn't have had a modeling career, I wouldn't be living in a nice house and suburb, and honestly, I wouldn't be alive", she explained.

Tears started running down Jennifer's face as she looked at the photo and reminisced on the good memories she had.

"Are you alright, Jennifer?", Terrance asked in concern.

"Yeah, I always get emotional anytime I look at this photo. Let's eat dinner before the food starts getting cold", Jennifer responded.

Jennifer wiped away the tears and put the photo back in the cabinet. Both Jennifer and Terrance left the living room and walked toward to the kitchen to eat dinner.