High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set by Halliday Gemma

Author:Halliday, Gemma [Halliday, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: asin: B00492CJVS
Amazon: B00492CJVS
Publisher: Gemma Halliday
Published: 2012-02-12T18:39:57+00:00

Chapter Ten

Jasmine put a manicured hand on her hip and raised one eyebrow (which, of course, due to regular Botox injections, did little to change the expression on her placid face.). “Well?” she asked.

I swallowed. "Hi, Jasmine."

She cocked her head to the side, one finger twirling a lock of dyed, red hair. "Do I know you?"

"Maddie," I supplied.

Still nothing but a blank stare on Porn Star Barbie's face.

"Maddie Springer. Richard's ex-girlfriend."

More blinking. "Oh, right. You're the chick that stabbed that girl's implant." She crossed her arms protectively over her double D's. "What do you want?"

"We, uh, we're friends of Veronika's," I said, stretching the truth just a little. "Your neighbor said that you lived here together?"

"She was my tenant. I own this place."

Dana did a low whistle. "Business must be very good."

Jasmine smiled (which, with her highly lifted face, was something akin to the Joker in Batman). "Very. I've got a billboard up on Pico."

"I noticed," I mumbled. "So, Veronika rented a room from you?"

"More like worked for me. I run a twenty-four hour web cam. Veronika was one of my girls."

Mental forehead smack. "Veronika was a cyber sex girl?"

Jasmine frowned. (Or tried to. See Botox reference above.) "It's not just cyber sex. Yes, we do some private chats, but mostly we just let the cameras run and go about our daily lives."

"And men pay three ninety-nine a minute for that?" Dana asked, peering into the house over Jasmine's bony shoulder.

"Well, we are naked most of the time."

Ah ha.

"You're awfully nosey," Jasmine said, planting her hands on her hips again. "What's all this about?"

"We're helping the police investigate Veronika's death," I lied. Hey, the police were investigating, we were investigating, it was almost like we were working together.

"Veronika was killed on the set, not here. Besides, I saw on Extra that Mia was the real target anyway."

"Maybe," I hedged. "But we're looking into all possible leads." Wow, that sounded official. Finally, all those hours of watching Law & Order were paying off.

"Well I didn't do it," Jasmine said, crossing her arms protectively over her boobs again. "I've got nothing to hide. Everything we do here is perfectly legal. See for yourself." She stepped back to allow us entry.

I admit, curiosity got the better of me. I'd never been inside a real live den of iniquity before.

As we stepped into the marble tiled foyer, I realized that the inside of the house was even more decadent than the outside. To the right lay a sunken living room, lined in plush red velvet sofas. A black lacquered coffee table sat in the center of the room, in the corner a matching bar, fully stocked with colorful bottles. The walls were painted in deep reds and burgundies and the windows were all covered in heavy curtains, though bright, strategically placed spotlights on metal stands blazed throughout the room.

And in each corner, mounted into the ceiling, were white web cams, little red lights blinking on each of them.

"Are those on?" I asked.

"Always," Jasmine responded.

I resisted the urge to cover my face.

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