Chanelle Hayes - Baring My Heart by Hayes Chanelle

Author:Hayes, Chanelle [Hayes, Chanelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784181383
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2014-07-02T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Big Brother Fallout

The hours after I left the house were a blur. I was taken to a hotel near the studios in Elstree and had to see a psychologist again, who probably just needed to check I wasn’t about to top myself. All I wanted was to get home, back to my own tiny bedroom, and I kept crying and begging to see Mum and Dad.

‘They’re on their way,’ I was told. ‘They’ll be here soon.’

It was a hot summer’s day and I waited in the grounds of the hotel for what seemed like an eternity for them to arrive. Then suddenly, I looked up and saw them walking hurriedly across the grass towards me. I’ve never felt so relieved in all my life. It was such a corny moment – I ran into their arms and Mum and I were both sobbing, and even Dad looked teary-eyed.

‘We’re so proud of you,’ he said.

‘Really?’ I gulped. ‘But I completely lost it in there. I thought you’d hate me.’

‘It doesn’t matter, Chanelle. You’re out now and that’s the main thing,’ said Mum.

I instantly felt a million times better with them being there and, from that moment on, my life became insane. That same day, I had to choose an agent and picked PR firm Neon Management, headed up by a guy called Dave Read. He was famous for turning Jordan into a hugely successful and very rich star, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong! It was all so alien to me though; I hadn’t planned or expected anything to happen after the show and thought I’d just be going home to Wakefield, back to college and to my humble little life.

But 10 minutes after I signed up with Dave, he took a phone call and then said, ‘Right, that’s your first deal done and dusted.’

‘What do you mean? What have I got to do?’ I said, baffled.

‘Oh, nothing much. You just need to do an interview and have your photo taken by the Daily Star newspaper and a couple of magazines like OK!, new! and Star.’

‘Right,’ I said. ‘That sounds good. How much do you think I might get paid?’

Hand on heart, I thought Dave was going to say something like £10,000. And that would have been absolutely fantastic. All I hoped for was a tiny bit of money to see me through the rest of college and to put towards university, so I wouldn’t have to live in grotty student accommodation. But what he said next almost gave me a cardiac arrest.

‘The deal is for £250,000, Chanelle.’

My mouth fell open. I couldn’t speak but Mum was sitting next to me and said, ‘What? You’re not being serious?’

‘I’m deadly serious,’ said Dave. ‘Welcome to your new life.’

I found my tongue and stammered, ‘But why are they interested in me? I just behaved like a total dickhead on national TV.’

‘No, Chanelle, you’ve got something that nobody else has. And after Ziggy comes out of the house, there will be another deal on the table for your first joint interview and shoot.

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