Chapter 37 THE DOUBLEGANGER
Ford and Dora were fast asleep in a special hotel suit reserved only for Fords use. Last night, Dora got very drunk during the party after drinking too many glasses of wine that tasted like nectar. It was different for her but in a good way. Ford had told her so many times to stop drinking the wine last night, but she wouldn't listen to him, insisted, she was deceived by the sweet taste of the wine. When she got too drunk to reason, Ford searched around for Arlo to take her home but couldn’t find him, so he took her into his personal hotel suit. Dora couldn’t even see clearly, she was moving unsteadily when he took her to his suit. Actually, he had to carry her in his arms princess style into his suit. All the staff in the Fords clan hotel were shocked to see that side of him because he has never been seen with a lady before. In fact, most people thought he was gay.
It was still morning when Ford’s phone rang, and Dora kicked him for the umpteen time off the bed; he fell off the bed and turned his angry glare at her before picking up the phone:
“Where did you disappear to Arlo? You were supposed to be Dora’s chaperone what happened?” Ford asked curiously with a hint of irritation in his voice.
“Ford are you nuts? She was your plus one. Did you want me following you guys around and babysitting the two of you?” Arlo asked curiously while sounding annoyed.
Ford turned to look at Dora who was up and sitting on the bed with her legs folded. She was rubbing her sleepy eyes to get a clearer view of where she was at the moment and she was obviously yet to know that Ford took off her clothes last night.
“Ford I need your help! There’s an entire fan based outside a hotel room I slept off at yesterday. And now I can’t leave there. Please I need your help.” Ford raised a brows and glance at Dora who was obviously still oblivious.
“You are not alone? Are you?” The puzzled Ford prodded further to clear the crazy thoughts going on in his head.
“No! I am not.” Ford cleared his throat and somehow the sound of him clearing his throat triggered Dora to be fully awake. She looked around in bewilderment and then stared at Ford suspiciously.
“Are you with Axel?” Ford was looking back at her while answering his call and wondering when she will flare up at him.
“Actually, I slept off in a strange man’s room yesterday.” Ford shot his eyes open at Arlo’s response and Dora got the wrong idea about his reaction. She suddenly became aware that she was sitting half naked in her lingerie. She quickly grabbed her duvet and covered her body properly but suddenly a thought flashed across her mind. She remembered what happened between the two of them in Florida. Dora clicked her tongue and dropped the duvet she was holding unto tightly trying to cover up her nakedness. She got up from the bed, revealing her beautiful curves in only her lingerie underwear. Fords eyes followed her every movement as she went to drink a glass of water.
“Send me the room's number I have an idea.” Ford smiled at Dora, and she smiled back at him. Both had different thoughts going on in their minds. Dora was trying to prove that she was confident in her skin, that she had an amazing sexy body. While Ford was thinking; how am I just seeing this now? Arlo does look a lot like Dora.
He instantly stood up to go to where she was standing while maintaining eye contact with her and smiling mischievously. When he got to where she was standing, he turned off his phone and said:
“You will be the perfect girl to do the work!”
Dora raised a brow looking confused:
“What work are we talking about exactly?”
Arlo was walking up and down the room anxiously waiting for Ford to come to his rescue. When the door soon made a creaking sound. The estrange man that Arlo slept off in his suit got up and opened the door cautiously in order not to be seen. There were a lot of people behind the waitress peeping into the room to see if Arlo was actually inside. The estrange man allowed the waitress into the room and shut the door lock after she entered. He sighed feeling relieved after locking the door. Arlo rushed out of the bathroom where he was hiding and called out:
“Ford!”
Ford retorts:
"Don’t scream too loud Arlo we are here to your rescue.”
Ford got out from under the trolley and ran his fingers through his hair. While Dora gave Arlo a hug and said to him:
“Don’t worry we are here to your rescue.” Dora removes a make- up box from under the trolley and handed it to Arlo.
“You have to dress like me and look like me then escape as a waitress with the estrange man under the trolley just like how I and Ford got here. It’s basically going to be an exchange of roles. I and Ford will escape as the two of you. Which means I am going to wear your clothes and apply a little make-up to look like you and then escape this place…”
“Enough of your explanation let’s leave this place.” Ford interrupted Dora’s explanation. Arlo smiled at him and picked the makeup box and dragged Dora along with him into the bathroom. Leaving behind the estrange man with Ford. The place was awfully quiet between the two. They were glancing at each other from time to time without saying a word to one another.
Arlo was applying make-up to his face diligently when Dora asked him:
"Arlo what’s going on you look rather stressed?"
“Dora! I am not going to lie to you I need your help at this point I really don’t know what to do. I am sure by now you know that I am- I am- I am gay” he finally said it and Dora laughed at him.
“Well, first off, forgive me for laughing but I don't see anything wrong with loving the same sex. Also isn’t that obvious that you are gay. You are too cute like a girl to be straight …” Arlo rolled his eye at her and pouted.
“When I was just little my human mum use to dress me up in dresses.” Dora shot him a glare and asked:
“What do you mean by human mum are you a vampire or something” Dora laughed at him? Realizing he almost fucked up he started laughing too and replied her saying:
“Well, aren’t we all humans?”
Dora smirked and replied him saying:
“Well, I think your mum was right. I mean who wouldn't be tempted to dress you up in dresses. I bet you were too cute dressed in dresses.”
Arlo smiled sadly and lowered his head thoughtfully:
“What I am trying to say is that Althea blackmailed me because of that”
“What?” Dora reaffirmed shocked by the realization. She moved closer to him to be sure he was telling her the truth.
“You mean that, behind that pretty face is a demon hidden?” she asked curiously but didn’t get any reply from Arlo. Only his glum face was staring back at her:
“She gave me a condition to either split Alba and Mahina apart or she would release my pictures everywhere on social media. Dora I am caught in between a hard place and a rock and I honestly don’t know what to do. Telling her to go to hell is not an option because my career would be on the line and I am not sure I am ready to come out just yet.”
“Well, are you going to do it?” Dora asked him curiously.
“Come on, was that even a question? Mahina is adorable, she is an angel why will I want to do that to her. Regardless of her being adorable and all, I would never do that to my friend and guardian Alba.” Dora smiled at him and took off her waitress clothes and handed them to Arlo while Arlo did the same and handed her his clothes. After they were fully dressed in each other's cloths, Arlo did Dora’s make-up to look like him.
They stood in front of each other and checked each other from head to toe. Just to be sure that nothing was missing. Dora clicked her fingers after checking Arlo out and said:
“Hey! Less I forget here are your silicon breast. Exactly my size and the reason we arrived here late.”
“I am not wearing those!” Arlo retaliated and after a while of arguing with Dora he gave up and wore them. Dora smiled in victory as she watched the prettier version of herself. They left the bathroom and went into the bedroom, and for a moment in there; Ford wondered whether he was staring at Dora or his friend Arlo.
“Hmm I can’t believe it!” The estrange man went around Arlo. You could have deceived me if you wanted to.
“You look just like a girl. The prettiest I have ever come across.” The man complemented him.
Ford smirked at the estrange man's remarks and shakes his head:
“Alright let’s do this.” Arlo went out with the estrange man hidden under the trolley.
The guest didn’t even notice a thing, except that some of the men were ogling at Arlo until he finally disappeared into the exit door. Arlo kept pushing the Trolley until they got to the kitchen. The estrange man got out of the trolley and the two of them walked out the kitchen to the parking lot.
“It looks like we made out safe senior.” He nodded at Arlo’s remark
“Goodbye then” Arlo waved at him and left for his car, the strange man did the same and both of them left the hotel.
“Ford was impatiently walking up and down the room waiting for Arlo’s call. After what seems like ages to him, Arlo called and told him he was home safe.
“Damn it! What took him so long to just make a call.”