Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler

Author:Rachel Stuhler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4767-6304-0
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2015-05-26T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

For someone so young, I do have a lot of responsibilities, which can feel a little heavy at times. I can’t be late for work or to a meeting. Not only is it rude and bad business, since I’m the star, but very little can happen without me. If I’m late or don’t show up where I’m supposed to, it costs people money. And if there’s one thing my mama taught me, it’s the value of a dollar.

But it gets hard sometimes when thirty people always have to know where you are. I can’t disappear for an afternoon at the movies or a quiet lunch by myself. In my world, there’s no such thing as quiet.

Ten minutes later, we were piling into Daisy’s suite with the Italian police leading the charge. At the door, Vaughn stopped me, his eyes carefully trained on Ben.

“It’s not appropriate for your friend to be here.”

In the haze of the last few minutes, I’d almost forgotten about Ben’s presence. Well, not his presence so much as the strangeness of it. There was so much strange to go around, my newfound crush got lost in the mix. But Vaughn was absolutely right; Ben shouldn’t be anywhere near this debacle. And to be honest, I wasn’t sure I should be, either. It wasn’t like I could write about any of it.

“It’s not a problem,” Ben said quietly. “I’ll talk to you later.” He squeezed my hand and backed away, but not before exchanging a death stare with Vaughn.

“I don’t know why she’s even here,” Jamie yelled in my general direction. His face was red and puffy, and he looked like he was about to have an aneurysm. I’m sure he was just adding up the financial losses incurred with every passing hour. I wasn’t sentimental enough to believe that he actually cared about Daisy’s welfare.

“I asked her to come up,” Faith replied tearfully. She had been sobbing for most of the last few minutes, and there was a trail of makeup and snot running down her face. She didn’t seem to notice. “Holly’s one of Daisy’s best friends.”

I was what now?

“Fine,” Jamie barked. “But get inside and close the fucking door. The last thing we need is the rest of the hotel hearing about this.”

“The rest of the world knows about this,” Vaughn shot back, being far more insubordinate than I’d yet seen him. “How the hell did that happen?”

It took two of his monster strides for Jamie to cross the room and get right in Vaughn’s face. Though Vaughn was about the same height, Jamie had a good forty pounds on him—there was little doubt in my mind who would go down in a fight. I also suspected Jamie wasn’t above fighting dirty.

“Listen to me, you pissant piece of shit,” Jamie hissed. “The little bitch hopped on the back of the motorcycle in plain view of the paparazzi. They all have pictures of it. What was I supposed to do?”

“Keep her under control,” Vaughn shot back coolly.

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