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“She could be an assassin. That would explain the money,” Dante suggests.
Fuck,this is the last thing I need.
“At this point, I wouldn’t rule out anything. She’s clearly well trained, and we can’t make a mistake like that again,” I say as I take in the scene again. “We’ll keep surveilling her until we know more.” I shove the laptop back at Dante and storm off. “Delete any evidence of this and clear up the bodies.” I head to my car and start the engine.
“Done,” Dante says.
Natalie
“Okay, wow...I think I look hot?” I say, gazing at myself with my hands on my hips.
Swiveling, I check out my attire in my floor-to-ceiling mirror in my closet.
“Holy fuck. Nat. I wish I had your legs,” Donna says as she stands next to me, applying her mascara.
Even after all these years, my name didn’t sound right coming out of Donna’s mouth. I can’t help but roll my eyes because Donna, much like Maya, is one of the most beautiful women I’d ever seen.
Like Dom, she’s tall, blonde, but has gentler features and literally looks like an angel. Especially tonight. She is wearing a skin-tight, white, strapless jumpsuit that left little to the imagination, with feathers etched across the top, and killer white stilettos.
“Donna, you’re like eight inches taller than me?” I look at her like she’s crazy.
“I should have never stopped training.”
Catching her slip up, we pause, locking eyes with each other in the mirror. Thankfully, Maya didn’t pick anything up and quickly interrupts our silence when she pokes her head into my closet. She straightened her hair tonight, so we know she’s serious.
“You do notthinkanything. Natalie, youdolook hot. And welcome!” she says as I roll my eyes.
Not only is she my best friend, intelligent and gorgeous, but she has a talent for hair and makeup, with the best fashion sense. She also looks amazing tonight in her more colorful attire, compared to Donna and me. Maya is in a very short puff-sleeved orange-and-fuchsia dress that ties at the waist with a plunging neckline and stunning lime green stilettos that would no doubt cause a riot.
“Shots!” Maya yells like she can’t contain herself anymore, running to the kitchen.
“Yes!” Donna calls out, following her.
“I’ll take one!” I yell back, fixing my lipstick.
As Maya and Donna make themselves comfortable in my kitchen, I look back at myself in the mirror. I’m wearing a champagne minidress that could pass as a shirt covered in Swarovski crystals. It falls mid-thigh, just under my butt. It has thin straps and a deep neckline and falls loosely around my body, but it’s slightly see-through so you can still see my curves. I have a lace bustier and tiny matching shorts that might as well be underwear. I choose sky-high nude strappy pumps. At five foot even, I need all the height I can get. I remind myself that I’m a normal twenty-something, not some psycho who had just murdered three grown men. Donna hands me my shot and a lime from over my shoulder. The three of us stand in front of the mirror, laughing.
“Cheers to twenty-five years!” Maya exclaims, raising her shot in the air.
Donna follows suit. “Buon compleanno, bella!”Happy birthday,beautiful!
We clink our glasses and throw our shots back.
Natalie
We pull up to one of the hottest clubs in the city, The KA.RA just half-past eleven p.m. After two more shots of tequila, I feel buzzed.
“Okay, so Dom got us a table in VIP. It’s all under my name, so we’re all set,” Maya says, walking backward but facing us.
We head straight to the doors, ignoring the line.
“Wait, I thought you planned this?” I ask.
“I did. But I made him pay for it, duh!” she says, nudging my shoulder. “Besides, I knew if I brought it up, he’d pay for everything.” She smirks.
“Where is our idiot brother, anyway?” Donna asks, looking around.
“He’ll be here later,” I respond as Maya talks to the bouncer.
