Fortune & Fame by Victoria Christopher Murray & ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:Victoria Christopher Murray & ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Touchstone

Chapter

NINETEEN

Jasmine

Okay, that’s a wrap,” Sonny shouted and the smiles on all of their faces faded as fast as the bright lights from the cameras.

Nathan stood first, and Mary quickly did the same, looking like a trained puppy taught to follow her master.

Rachel and Lester remained seated, still chatting, and Jasmine scooted her chair back and scurried to the other side of the table before Rachel could get away.

Just as Rachel stood, Jasmine said, “Rachel, can I speak to you for a moment?”

Rachel paused for just a second, then looked over her shoulder before she turned back to Jasmine. “You talking to me?”

Oh, God, Jasmine thought. She didn’t feel like having to deal with Rachel’s middle-school attitude today. “You’re the only Rachel in here.”

“You don’t have to get smart about it. First of all, you approached me. And secondly, I asked because you haven’t said two funky words to me since we started this show.”

Jasmine frowned. “What are you talking about? We speak to each other in every scene.”

“Yeah, just for the cameras. And just so you can embarrass me. But now you want to get all friendly with me?” Rachel sucked her teeth. “Please! I need to go home with my husband.”

Jasmine sighed. “Please, Rachel.” She lowered her voice. “I really need to speak with you in private.”

It must’ve been the word private that made Rachel face Jasmine once again.

With her voice still lowered, Jasmine added, “I need to speak with you away from the cameras.”

If Jasmine wanted to speak to Rachel in private, there had to be something juicy going on and Jasmine knew Rachel would never resist juicy—Rachel was just that nosey.

“Okay,” Rachel began in a tone that sounded like she was the one in charge of this conversation. “Let’s talk in the bathroom. The cameras won’t come in there.”

As Jasmine followed Rachel, she replayed in her mind the words she wanted to say. She had to get Rachel to join Team Jasmine.

Inside the bathroom, Jasmine stopped in front of the counter, but Rachel kept moving. She frowned as Rachel first peeked under each stall, and then pushed each door open. The bathroom was huge for a restaurant restroom, and Rachel did that for each of the fifteen stalls.

“What are you doing?” Jasmine asked.

“Just checking to make sure we’re alone.” Smirking, she added, “You ain’t street smart at all. Don’t you know that before you have any kind of private conversation in a bathroom, you should always check?”

“Okay,” Jasmine said, trying hard not to roll her eyes. Who had private conversations in public bathrooms? “I’ll try and remember that.”

Rachel folded her arms and began tapping her foot. “So, what’s up?”

Jasmine took a deep breath. These first words that she’d rehearsed were the hardest to say. “First, I wanted to apologize.”

Rachel raised one eyebrow.

Jasmine continued, “You and I were in such a good space after all that stuff that went down in Chicago and the Virgin Islands last year. I actually thought of you as a friend after that.” She paused.

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