First Things First

"Okay, so officially, Mission "Eliza's Marriage Candidacy" has begun!!!" Fran says. We all laugh before starting to get serious.

"Okay Victoria, I know your boyfriend is a computer genius so can you get him to help me get a website started? It'll consist of the different rounds being mentioned and how it'll work and the phone numbers for if the person wants to try out. We won't launch the website until I announce of course but I need to get my thoughts collected before and I also have to get a time that the press conference will be today so I can announce it then. My grandfather is going to be so surprised!!!" I say laughing a little and the girls laugh with me before Victoria gets up and heads to her boyfriend.

I hear a little of their conversation and at the end, he says "Of course, I will!!! Being a part of this mission sounds cool!! Count me in!!" And Victoria giggles. The only time Victoria doesn't seem to be monotone is when she is with her boyfriend, the complete opposite of her normal self. I shake my head sighing before getting some more planning done.

"Fran, can you help me with finding a way to get 4 business phones with new numbers?" She looks shockingly at me.

"Me? But you're more popular than me!!" She says. I go and sit next to her.

"I need to work on the other things like being able to collect files of people on the website Victoria's boyfriend will create and make sure it's LEGAL before doing anything. Plus I need to work on publicity and whatnot so, I'll allow you to use my name and get us some business phones. Not smartphones, please?" I ask looking all cute at her. She sighs before nodding and I hug her. "Thank you Frannnn!!" She smiles a little before getting up and leaving the room to make the phone call.

Which leaves me and Harriet.

"Harrietttt." She looks at me nervously.

"Yes?" She says in reply.

"You're a mom so you probably don't have much time to help but one thing you might be able to help with is to help me fix up my mansion when you have the time. I have to set up the place a month before the final round where we pick 6 guys so I would need the rooms to be sort of near each other and also more... male-ish?" She stares at me before screaming,

"OMG!!! I get to be your home decorator???? Score!!!!" I laugh before nodding and she starts researching bedroom designs and whatnot. I start watching all the girls working on whatever I asked them to and even Victoria who seems to be helping her boyfriend design the website. I smile and whisper thank you under my breath so they can't hear me. But a little later, they all say you're welcome at the same time like they did hear me so I burst out laughing.

While they're doing that, I get in contact with my business publicity department and ask them, no questions asked, to help me get all the newsgroups to meet me when I announce "something" this afternoon. The publicity department head sounds like he is about to say something when he just shuts himself up and tells me he will and hangs up.

I smile thinking about how I'm finally doing something about this whole marriage thing. After that, I start planning what I'm going to say at the press conference.

After an hour or two of everyone working on the things I gave them to do, it has reached about 2 o'clock so it's finally time to start the press conference which I planned to be outside my mansion. I pick up my paper with my speech before telling the girls goodbye and starting my drive to my mansion again.

I reach and right as I'm about to open my door, a bunch of flashing lights hit my face. Luckily I have my sunglasses! I open the door and a crowd of people try asking me questions to find out what I'm supposed to announce today but I just push past them to get inside my door and close it.

I do some breathing exercises before opening the door again and holding a hand out as a reference for them to quiet down.

"Thank you so much for coming out here to listen to my announcement! A lot of you were questioning about this supposed marriage that was announced a year ago for me, and there were no answers and I'm sorry for that but that was because it was a surprise for me too and so, it was not until now, that I have officially found a way to find the husband that my grandfather wants me to find. And that is by holding a marriage candidacy." Of course, there are a couple gasps and questioning voices on what a "marriage candidacy" is. I ignore them.

"A marriage candidacy is something that I will be hosting at my mansion to 6 lucky people. 6 that have gone through the process that I have been creating. If you are someone who is interested in being one of those 6 people that will be with me in "close quarters" for a whole year, then you can search up a website that I've made just for that purpose. Once you go on there, then you will get the answers to the questions you have about this candidacy. The trials I will have will last this entire month and so, there are 3 of them. So, if you would like, just follow the link to the website on my social media pages. Thank you again for your interest and for waiting for your questions to be answered. Have a good evening!" I'm about to turn around when everyone starts asking questions and conversing again so I choose to answer a couple questions.

"Yes you sir!" I say.

"Um, yes. You mentioned 6. Why 6?" I laugh.

"Because I felt it was good enough to pick 1 husband from.

"You, ma'am?" I ask.

"Ms. Carnell, you are basically hosting a harem, one that seems very articulate. Why did it take a year to announce this?"

"Funny enough, it was thought up just today," I smile and everyone is shocked in the press. "Yes?" I say to someone else.

"Since this is open to anyone, won't it be hard to go through all those calls alone?"

"I won't be alone. I have a team working with me and we will keep the phone calls to only 4 calls per every 30 minutes. Why? Because we have 4 team members, you can call either 4 numbers. After all phone numbers are being occupied, the website created will make the phone numbers disappear until the numbers are unoccupied once more. And 30 minutes is how much time we will take to ask you questions. If the receiver of the call deems you unfit before getting to the other questions, they will end the call and you will no longer have access to it." I end. Everyone is sort of quiet now so I say thank you again and go inside.

After closing the door I sigh before slouching in the chair and my butler comes up to me.

"Ms. Carnell, is this the best idea? You have a business to run." He says and I shake my head.

"Grandfather wants it so I'll do it. And my business is okay I'm sure. I won't be doing phone calls all day. The website actually says that from 8:00AM to 4:00PM the phone calls will be available like a business would because I'll have my friends throughout the day answering calls. Meaning, not all numbers will show up until around 12, all the girls said they'll be unoccupied at 12 every day to answer calls until 3." The butler shakes his head before walking away ever so slowly. I smile before lying down to nap on the sofa I am currently on.