By the time the group reached the villa, it was already after six. “Well, we sure got our sprints in this weekend for Coach,” Dan said as he pushed open the door and headed into the villa’s living room. To their surprise, around ten people were sitting on the couches. They were dressed in crisp white uniforms. Four of them were women, the others were men. “Nice of you all to join us,” Bent said sarcastically.Chad frowned. “Sorry, man. We sort of lost track of time. Think the sun is getting to our heads.””Speak for yourselves!” Erin snapped. “Bent, next time, tell us ladies if we need to be somewhere at a certain time. We’ll make sure these knucklehead boys follow suit.”Bent’s mouth twitched as he nodded. “Okay then.” He spun to face the group of people behind him. “The team here will assist each of you with anything you need. Please allow them to recommend adjustments to your, uh, style. They’re here to help you get ready for the concert tonight.” The people behind Bent rose to their feet. “HOW EXCITING!” Erin said clapping her hands. “So they’re going to give each of us a complete makeover?”Bent glanced back at the attendants. “That’s for them to determine and for you to approve,” he said smiling. Sarah noticed he didn’t look at her. It annoyed her to no end. Two of the women approached Sarah. “Hi,” Sarah said. She stretched out her hand to shake each of theirs. The women seemed surprised and returned the gesture. “What are your names?” Sarah asked pleasantly. “I’m so excited you’ll be helping me!”The woman with a bun smiled at Sarah before she put on a mask that covered her nose and mouth. “I’m Rita.””Angela,” the other woman said. She also now wore a mask. “If you please, we can get started now,” Angela said. She indicated Sarah should follow her down the hallway.Sarah hadn’t actually seen the rooms that were upstairs. She peeked her head into one of the bedrooms she passed. It was immaculate! The entire wall was glass doors that revealed nothing but sky and ocean. A large white canopy bed stood in the center of the room with light oak furniture. “How exquisite,” Sarah murmured. Still, she was happy she’d be sleeping downstairs with the fish. The attendants guided her into a large bathroom in the middle of the hallway. It was an enormous white tiled room with a huge bathtub. Open windows behind the tub allowed the fresh ocean breeze to blow around the room and sunlight to shine through. “We’ll have you bathe and then we can progress to the skin and hair treatments,” Rita said. Sarah quickly stripped down and got into the already-filled tub. She tried not to be self-conscious around the women. But since she’d had to endure a painful bikini wax before her trip to Miami, she decided she could handle anything at this point. The women had her soak in the tub for nearly a half an hour. Sarah realized the tub was filled with soothing skin oils that smelled like a combination of coconut and lavender. They scrubbed her down, making sure to avoid Sarah’s temporary tattoos that she didn’t want to lose. They wrapped her hair in a thick avocado and lemon hair mask and applied a similar mask to her face. When that was done, she rinsed her face and hair and was dried off. The women had her lay down on a table on the other side of the bathroom. They re-waxed her eyebrows — which were still in somewhat decent shape already — before they did a fresh wax to each of her legs. “I already shaved,” Sarah tried to tell them, but it seemed the women were on auto-pilot and didn’t really listen to her anyway. Sarah decided she would let them do whatever they wanted since it was their area of expertise to make women who stayed in villas like this as beautiful as possible. Once the wax was done, they flipped Sarah over and gave her a full body massage. Now this Sarah enjoyed immensely. She was nearly asleep by the time the women completed the massage on her back, legs, and feet. “The chair,” Angela said. She pointed for Sarah to sit in a cushioned seat facing a large vanity mirror in the bathroom. Angela started to blow dry Sarah’s long hair while Rita went to work perfecting Sarah’s French manicure and pedicure. “You have such lovely hair,” Angela said as she maneuvered the blow dryer around Sarah’s head. “Thank you,” Sarah said pleasantly. She really hoped she wouldn’t fall asleep in the chair. The attendants had a mediation music track playing in the background. The combination of the gentle music and the fresh ocean breeze swirling around them from the open windows was like a lullaby. “We’ve reviewed your costume choice for the evening. We recommend you wear your hair down rather than in an up-do. However, we will add slight curls to give your hair more volume,” Angela said. Sarah could only nod her head. Angela began to straighten sections of Sarah’s hair. In other sections, she added curlers. While her hair was being done, Rita handed Sarah a brand new toothbrush with toothpaste. “Brush, then we do make up,” Rita said. Sarah quickly brushed her teeth and spit into a cup Rita held out for her. “Swish,” Rita instructed, handing her another cup filled with mouthwash. Sarah did as she was told, finding the mouthwash icy and flavorful. “Now, for your make up. I suggest keeping your features light. However, we should darken your eyes and mouth,” Rita said. Sarah continued to nod her head. She hadn’t expected anyone to help her get ready for the evening except Erin. So at this point, she was game for whatever these professionals recommended. Rita applied a dark red lipstick followed by a cherry-tasting gloss. “Keep this handy so you can reapply it this evening,” Rita said. She gave Sarah the brand new lip gloss. Rita then applied a light foundation over Sarah’s face, brushing her cheeks with a soft rouge. She added dark mascara, thick eyeliner, and then stuck on long fake eyelashes! Sarah giggled as Rita applied the eyelashes. But when she saw her reflection, she gasped outright. The eyelashes really looked HOT!”I like these tattoo hearts,” Rita said as she surveyed Sarah’s eyes. “But let’s give them a little something more.” She added a layer of sparkles behind Sarah’s eyes. The look really made Sarah’s eyes pop like a glass doll’s. “Your hair is complete,” Angela said. She spun Sarah’s chair around and gave her a handheld mirror.