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always looked up to me because I was so popular. Such a dear, even
though she had jealousy issues. I’m so happy she finally found a husband. She
called me right away, of course, to give me the good news and—”
    “I’m going to throw up,” Marina said. “She’s a lying bi—”
    “We weren’t friends,” Jada interrupted, addressing herself
to Sasha and Elly. “She and her girls pretended like I didn’t exist except when
they wanted to torture me.”
    Sasha chomped on her cheese puffs. “I know her kind. She’s
hot, but I wouldn’t do her. Want some?” She looked at Jada and Elly and
gestured in offering at her two baggies. Jada and Elly declined with shakes of
their heads.
    “Want what?” Marina asked.
    “Crunchy cheese puffs,” Sasha said. “Homemade. Mrs. Best
makes them for me. They’re heaven. I’ve also got some of her trail mix here.
I’d offer you some, but obviously, you’re not actually here, so ...”
    “That’s okay,” Marina said. “I appreciate the thought.”
    “Ooh, that man’s kind of scary looking,” Elly said in
reaction to a new face on the screen.
    “Who is that?” Marina asked.
    “I have no idea,” Jada answered. “It says his name is Jerome
Winton.”
    “Jada Howarth has been my neighbor for a while now,” the
grouchy-looking man said. “I appreciate that she keeps her lawn tidy and her
grass mowed. Too bad all her new pampas grass got mashed clean flat yesterday.
I hope she gets it out of there soon. It’s unsightly and brings down the
neighborhood.”
    “There you have it,” Piper droned cheerily. “Jada Howarth’s
unkempt lawn lowers property values in Springers Glen. We’ll return with more
in a moment.” The show cut to a commercial.
     
     

Chapter Four
     
    SASHA CHORTLED IN GLEE. ELLY covered her mouth with her
hand and Marina’s snort snapped through the phone’s speakers.
    Jada sighed. “Couldn’t they interview someone who actually
knows me? I think CGTV must be the most incompetent network ever.”
    “Maybe so, but they make money, young lady. And money makes
the world go round,” came a loud, nasal voice from the doorway. Agatha Brimgore
clomped into the room. “So this is where you all are. What are you doing?”
    Like her daughter, she didn’t wait for an invitation, merely
headed around to the other side of the bed and scrabbled up beside Sasha.
    “We’re watching this fabulous documentary about Jada,” Sasha
said. “Cheese puffs? Trail mix?”
    “Both,” Agatha replied, reaching a hand into one of the
baggies.
    “Who’s that?” Marina asked.
    “Who are you?” Agatha asked by way of reply, pointing at the
phone beside Ms. Kitty.
    “It’s Agatha, my publicist,” Sasha answered.
    “Oh, nice to meet you,” Marina said. “I’m Jada’s sister,
Marina.”
    “I didn’t know you had a sibling, Jada,” Agatha said,
craning her long, skinny neck out to see past Sasha.
    “Didn’t you?” Jada answered, fishing to see what else she
might say.
    “How could I? I never heard of you until yesterday when you
stole Ian from poor Sasha.”
    Sasha acted like she hadn’t heard her. Ms. Kitty raised her
head and glared at Agatha, ears slightly flattened and tail flicking at the
tip.
    “Oh,” Jada said, “I thought maybe you knew me before,
somehow. You’ve made several pronouncements about my character, for instance,
which is surprising coming from someone who just met me.”
    Agatha shrugged one bony shoulder. “There you go again. It’s
all about you, isn’t it? That’s the problem with instant celebrity. It goes to
your head and you start thinking the whole world revolves around you. My dear,
you’ll have to work hard to keep your ego in check now that you’re famous.”
    “Outrageous,” Marina said.
    “I know,” Agatha agreed with a smug look. “But it’s common,
so everyone should keep that in mind as Mrs. Buckley adjusts to her new status.
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