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“No, Jasmine.” She combed her hair with her fingers. “The threes’ situation won’t happen to you.”
“But how do I know that?” I crossed my arms over my chest.
Lucy released an exasperated breath. “Vickie was bipolar and suicidal. We had no idea beforehand. Vickie never took the arrangement well.”
I don’t imagine so. How would I handle it?
I hugged myself. “And the other two?”
“I told you how they died.”
“But—”
“Please, Jasmine.” Lucy gazed at her feet. “Wendy and Dawn are close and always have been. When there is a new girl, I end up being her friend. We almost always become confidants. And when they die, they take a part of me with them.”
“I’m sorry.” I grabbed her hand and held it.
“Those three deaths seem weird, but trust me. It’s not some big murder conspiracy.” She looked at me. “Vickie had mental problems. A normal person, even a mentally stable person, would be stressed out if they were in this arrangement. It’s why we made you go through a mental evaluation.”
“True.” I wondered if they knew about my anxiety problems.
“Evelyn really drowned in the pool on our estate. She wasn’t electrocuted. What no one said in the papers is that she did lots of cocaine and other drugs.”
“So she really overdosed in the pool?” I raised my eyebrows.
“Yes, Yancy was the final girlfriend. She owed lots of money to some very vile people. She’d latched onto our arrangement for the money side.”
“How much money do we get?” I scrunched my face up in confusion.
“Way more than we ever need. Chase gives us an ample allowance, plus our own car, credit cards, an apartment in Willow Park, as well as anything else we want. Yancy was a gold digger. When it wasn’t her date night with Chase, she flew to Vegas and gambled. We think she owed people money and they killed her when Dawn cut off her allowance.”
“Why did Dawn cut her off in the first place?”
“I don’t know or care. Yancy was so nasty and mean to everyone. Even though we were close, she was always bullying me.” Lucy lifted her sunglasses and wiped a tear from her right eye. “Even Chase was tired of Yancy. He had planned on holding a secret meeting with Dawn, Wendy, and me to get our approval to end the relationship with her, but that evening someone attacked her.”
Too much of a coincidence.
A sliver of fear crept up my spine.
My mind began to do all the things I’d been training it in the past years not to do—creating scenarios of my oncoming violent death and wondering about strangers lurking around me with knives ready to attack.
Breathe. Relax. Stay in the moment.
“Due to Evelyn and Yancy, you had to take the drug tests and credit check.” She looked at me. “Are you okay?”
“Yes. I’m just a little freaked out by this news.”
“Well, don’t be. Due to the attack we all have bodyguards. You’ve had two guards since the week after Chase spotted you at Equinox’s Garden Party. I hired them.” She pointed to a large white guy in a red shirt across the street. He resembled a massive bodybuilder among all of the people walking by.
“I’ve never seen that guy.”
“They’re easier to spot in foreign countries.” She scanned the area. “I don’t see your other one, but he’s a big black guy. Really hot. Chase was actually worried about assigning him to you, so the guard is ordered to keep a good amount of distance away from you. But, most importantly, these deaths were all two years ago. Are you sure you’re okay?”
I inhaled and exhaled. “Yes. Let’s stop talking about this for a while and eat.”
“Sounds good to me.” She gave me a quick hug and walked off to where the green stew was.
What am I getting myself involved with?
