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“Idiot isn’t the word I’o there for now What happened next?”
“It was easy I went downstairs to the lobby and got on the internet, found the saned it Done deal”
“Why did you put Trey and me as witnesses?” Ian asked
“Because you guys always back me up I knew you’d stand behind me no matter what Duh Who else would I put there?”
Jada thought she heard Ian mutter, “Unbelievable”
“What did you do next?” Trey asked, a snap in his question
“The owner of the B&B was leaving to run some errands so she dropped me off at the courthouse,” Sasha explained “I went to file the license and I was surprised when the clerk wouldn’t accept it Right away, she said it was fake”
“It was fake,” Ian said
“Yeah, but I thought it looked legit” She ure motion “The clerk was stubborn and no matter what I said she refused to take the licenseuntil I mentioned reed to call in a tip to CGTV, which was part of the original plan with Freya, except Freya was going to do that part I was pretty happy to get the records clerk to do it I knew the story would drive Piper crazy, and she’d give it all the on-air attention it deserved”
“Going back to thea public eal?” Ian asked
“No It wasn’t a bribe It wasshe should have done in the first place”
Ian and Trey were astonished, then they sighed and shook their heads That Sasha, she’s not ested
Jada couldn’t let it pass “I don’t buy it Quit acting duuys”
Sasha gave her a dirty look “You don’t knohat I thought”
“I know you’re not a fool, so quit pretending you are one because you know these till buy it”
“You’re playing ht now?”
“It’s no big thing” Sasha passed it off “Anyway, I thought you wanted the whole story So, I didn’t have one to the bank for the cash I left, got the money, met up with the clerk, paid her off, and that was that I rented a car, went hoer to break than I thought it would For a while, I thought the clerk had stiffedon Saturday I couldn’t believe it I was so pissed But then today, the right story ca I think”
Sasha’s blasé attitude was stronger than ever If she cared any less, she would have passed out fro “There I’ve told you everything The end Now return the favor and tell ot the stupid idea that Ian and Jada were ure it out It makes no sense”
The room was silent and Jada could alh her veins Her pulse was rapid and her heart raced An outpouring of adrenaline made her muscles twitch
In short, she wanted to launch herself at Sasha
Seriously? Did she actually say, “Now return the favor and tell me ”?
It was unbelievable The whole story And yet it was true Jada kneas true, butit didn’t seem possible The end, Sasha had said And that was that
Ian and Trey burst out of their astonished stupors, practically shouting at Sasha about daring to be so flippant, about how ht, and on and on
Jada didn’t care about it She could only stare at Sasha’s fairy-princess facade and brood about how ht out of it
But Jada would never hit anyone It wasn’t who she was, no matter how much she wished it
While Ian and Trey shifted into high gear with their verbal assaults, Jada quietly slipped from the room Unnoticed
Chapter Seven