Cindy had butterflies in her stomach as she waited for her ride that would take her away from her husband and her home for the next several weeks. She stood in front of the living room window wishing that she had never agreed to doing this silly thing in the first place.
Gary walked inside from the backyard and walked up behind his wife and said. "Honey. Are you sure you want to go through all this? We can always give the money back they gave us and call it all off."
Cindy turned and grabbed her husband's arm and leaned over and gave him a kiss and said. "Gary. We already spent most of the money on a new truck and we signed the contract and I'm afraid they would take legal action if I backed out now."
Before they could discuss the matter any further, the limo pulled into the driveway and Cindy turned to her husband and said. "Honey. Make sure you eat while I'm gone and I'll call you every day."
Gary gave his wife a hug and a long kiss than took her hand as they walked out the front door to the waiting limo. The driver was holding the back door open for her as they made their way out to the waiting car.
Gary kissed and hugged his wife for several minutes until the driver finally said. "We're going to have to be going here soon."
Cindy got into the back seat as Gary kissed his wife one more time and backed away and said. "I love you."
Cindy replied. "Honey. I love you too and I'll call you as soon as I can and let you know I'm all right."
The driver shut the door and got into the car and backed out of the driveway. Cindy had rolled the window down and was waving at her husband as he watched the car pull around the corner and got onto the main street.
Gary waited until the limo was completely out of his site before he turned and walked back into the house. Gary walked directly over the kitchen counter and took the contract they had signed and sat down at the table and began looking it over for the hundredth time.
It all started several weeks ago when Cindy got laid off from her job at the accounting firm after four years. She had heard about this opportunity from a man that worked at the mall. Gary had remembered how Cindy had told him how the man approached her with a clip board in his hand and said that they were looking for certain type women to do a new reality show and that she was the type they were looking to sign.
The man had told Cindy that they were going to pay twenty-five thousand dollars if she was one of the lucky women they choose for their show. He explained to Cindy that she had an opportunity too win up to three million dollars.
A week later, they got a phone call from their agency that said that Cindy had been selected to participate and if she was interested than she would have to sign the contract that day.
They were so excited that both Gary and Cindy made an appointment for them to come out to the house that afternoon and everything was signed and sealed when the presented a check for twenty-five thousand dollars.
They went out that day and bought a new pickup truck with most of the money and the following week, Cindy was taken to their doctor and given a complete physical.
Cindy had said they gave her the most complete physical she ever had and they said that because of their insurance policy with the show that she could not take any medication that wasn't prescribed by their doctor.
This included Cindy's birth control prescription which they exchanged for a prescription that their doctor prescribed. They were also concerned with her weight and said she was exactly the size they wanted her to be and wanted to make sure she stayed on a strict diet to maintain that weight.
They explained to Cindy that she would be involved in the project for the next twelfth to sixteen weeks depending if she followed through every procedure that she would be expected to do.
Gary was flickering through the pages at everything they made her sign and was concerned with most with was the last page. It was very confusing to understand and Gary had wished he had hired an attorney to look over the documents.
Gary focused on one particular page which seemed to detail the fact that Cindy had to obey all of their rules and agree to any demand upon their request. There was also a statement which went into detail that if a request was not carried out on a timely matter that they had the right to detain Cindy until any and all procedures were enacted and complete.
Toward the bottom of the last page, there was a note that was underlined that stated that the contract was legal binding and transferrable to new ownership.
Gary scratched his head wondering exactly what that sentence meant as he leaned back in his chair wondering how Cindy was doing at that moment.
Cindy had been driven from their Southwest Florida home just inside Tampa city limits when the driver pulled the limo off the expressway ramp and into a service station and stopped.
A tall woman with red hair was standing outside the limo and the driver opened the door for her and she climbed into the back seat next to Cindy.
The woman extended her hand out to Cindy and said. "My name is Cheryl and I'll be your assistant for the first phase of our program. I'll need you to put this blindfold over your eyes until we reach our secret location."
The driver got back into the car and Cindy could hear the tires squeal as they pulled away. Cheryl seemed very nice as she reassured Cindy that everything was fine and they would be at their secret location within a few minutes.
Cindy could feel the car making some sharp turns than a sound of a garage door opening and the car moving again until a few seconds later, Cheryl said. "Cindy. We are here and you can take your blindfold off now."
Cindy stepped out of the car which had been driven into what appeared like an underground parking garage. Cindy followed Cheryl toward an elevator than waited as the door opened and a man was standing inside and smiled at them.
Cindy smiled in return as Cheryl introduced her to the man whose name was Jeff. Jeff said he was in charge and they were going to go up to Cindy's room. Once the elevator reached the desired floor, they stepped off and Jeff said. "Cindy. I'll see you later. Cheryl will take you to your room and give you some details on how to prepare yourself for our first event."
Cheryl walked Cindy down a long hallway to one of the doorway's and knocked and a few seconds later the door opened. A woman was standing their smiling as Cheryl said. "Hello Lisa. How is everything going so far, are you feeling more relaxed than you did when I saw you earlier?"
Lisa responded and said. "Yes. I'm not as nervous as I was when we arrived today."