Isabella's pov;"Hey, why did you ask me to come here? you gotta be on the stage in a few minutes."I asked Jose, who was standing in front of me, nervous.He said, "I need to speak with you.""We can speak after the competition." I looked at the stage and said, "It seems like they're going to call your group soon. Go backstage. We can speak later.""I don't know if i can do this again…"While Jose was talking, Maria came and said, "What are you doing here? We're next. Come."I said to Jose while tapping on his shoulder, "We can talk later. Go with her."While Jose was going with Gia, I shouted, "All the best guys!!"After they left, Tracy came back with tacos in her hand. She gave me one and had one for her. I said, "Jose said he wanted to speak to me about something else. Do you know anything about that?" "Maybe he wanted to apologise to you since he threw you out and made that guy join again. I think he must have felt guilty because of that.""Why should he feel guilty? I'm not i

Isabella's pov;"Where are you taking me?" I whined to Mr Martinez who woke me up from my sleep and made me get showered in the early morning. He's taking me somewhere in his car. I continued my whining, "I planned to sleep all day since yesterday was a tiring day. Why did you wake me up and where are we going now?" Asked while looking outside the window."It's the surprise I told you about." Said while driving the car."Was the surprise that big that you're taking me to show me? What is it? Did you buy a building or a mountain?"He smiled and asked, "If you ask, I'll buy it for you."I gave an eye roll and said, "Show-off." I let out a yawn and asked, "How long will it take to get there?""If you want to take a nap, go on. I'll wake you up once we arrive.""Thank you!" I leaned back on the passenger seat and closed my eyes. The world seemed to fade away for a moment as I let myself slip into a relaxed state, slowly drifting off to a light sleep since I was exhausted from the long da

Isabella's pov;Somehow we lost our way, I feel it deep in my bones, we've gotta find our way otherwise we're gonna lose our way in this forest and there won't be anyone to save us. It's almost night, and the sky is dark as pitch outside. The moon had already risen when I looked at the sky. "That's why I said we have to get down before it gets too dark. Now, look at us. We lost our way and didn't know where to go in this dark. What are we going to do now? No one knows we're coming here too. How will Big Brother find us in the middle of the forest? We're going to be stuck here forever. What about my restaurant dream?..."He held my hand and put it on the rope and said, "The rope is here."How did he find the rope in this dark? There were a lot of things to be said about that sentence, but one word stood out amongst them. Going down the mountain. I held onto the rope tightly and started walking down the mountain while holding the rope in the trail. While we're coming down, I slipped a

After two days, Isabella's pov;I placed a bunch of pictures in front of Mr Martinez. He picked one up and examined it for the first time, then looked at me with confusion written on his face, "What am I supposed to be looking at here?" he asked.I said, "These are the places that I hunted for my restaurant business. Some are located in crooked streets, some look haunted by deserted streets, some have busy streets since there are so many food stalls by the road, and some have many restaurants and cafes…""Did you just go around looking for a place for your restaurant?"I gave a nod and sat beside him and took some pictures and said while showing them one by one to him, "Among many places, I have some favourites I liked. It wasn't deserted as others but not a bustling street though because it had a nice ambience. Take a look at this. What do you think about this place?""Were you going around and taking pictures in the streets?"I gave a nod at him.He continued, "And, no one asked yo

Isabella's pov;On the day of the opening of the restaurant, I waited outside the restaurant and looked at the street and the time side by side. There was still time left for the opening but i was nervous. Mike came outside and asked, "Are you nervous?""A lot.""I can understand how it feels. I felt it when I opened a dessert store too.""How did you faced it?" "To encourage my employees, i made myself look strong in front of them to boost confidence in them. So be strong and face it. It's your big day. And, there are others who are nervous too. In the kitchen. They need their general manager to tell them some motivation for them right now." And walked into the restaurant.I nodded at him. Yes. I'm not just a waitress tonight. I'm the general manager. I walked into the restaurant and headed to the kitchen and saw my employees scattered here and there."Can I get a little attention here?" I called out to them to get the attention of my employees. Everyone looked at me like they're