Helluva Luxe by Essary Natalie

Author:Essary, Natalie [Essary, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SpiderLily Publishing
Published: 2014-10-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Ash and Lily were gone for three days.

When Zayzl got back in town, I lied and said Lily was staying at Kendol’s. I don’t know what I was thinking. I quickly got busted because the regulars wouldn’t stop talking about what they saw on the dance floor. They told Zayzl he missed the show of a lifetime, and they asked how long Ash’s comeback had been planned. They were calling Ash “The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove,” and Chance got so many requests for Massive Attack we thought we might have to put condom machines in the bathroom. The backlash was good. So good, in fact, the security tape went missing.

I had no clue where Lily and Ash went or how to find them, and I didn’t want to step all over their honeymoon. When I called both of their phones, I could hear them ringing through the wall in Lily’s room. That was sign enough for me they didn’t want to be bothered. However, since they’d walked off the dance floor and out the door three days before our big fashion show, I had to cover my ass. Just in case. Since everybody knows everybody downtown, Chance and I called the bar up the road to order burgers and borrow one of their crew for our event. They sent Evilyn with a side of scowl and some extra fries.

I know she acts like Satan’s English teacher, but she’s cool. She’s just a prude and a perfectionist. And she won’t take shit from anybody. In fact, she got on Zayzl’s nerves so bad that week, Chance and I decided we had to keep her. She accepted without hesitation.

I had a feeling Ash and Lily wouldn’t stiff. “Let’s Go to Bed” is a huge charity event Mofet started way back when. Our regulars look forward to it all year, and it takes just as long to plan the damn thing. But the day of rolls around, and all the work pays off in triplicate. The show is always spectacular, no matter what seems to go wrong beforehand.

A lingerie fashion show in a Goth bar?

Come on, now. You’d have to really try to fuck that up. It’s pretty much a sure thing.

That year Lily was taking the runway last, wearing the finale. And Ash was set to spin around eight bands, starting in the early afternoon and going until last call. Kendol and Z put up an entire collection of framed photographs for silent auction. And we invited every celebrity and member of the media we could get an invitation to.

High as a kite expectations and some dangerous fun.

So Chance and I were busy double-stocking my cooler. He was wired to the gills, because one of my girls, who works downtown for a big hotel, called and said Kate Moennig was in town and might be in the crowd. Evidently, Chance had a thing. Who knew?

“She played one on television, baby. That doesn’t mean shit,” he insisted.

“For lesbians, sometimes it can mean a little something,” I said.

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