Annihilate Me: Holiday Edition Read Online Free PDF

Please.   Don’t dawdle.   I have a fat-melting herbal supplement
for Jennifer, vitamins for Lisa, and black coffee for all of us, with shots of
espresso in each.   We’ll be on fire
by the time we get to Saks.   Move
it!”
    We
did.   When we left our building, we
saw one of Wenn’s limousines waiting for us at curbside.   It was brisk outside, but not cold.   It was probably around forty degrees,
with almost no breeze.
    Perfect
shopping weather , I
thought.
    “Fancy,”
Lisa said when she saw the car.
    “Fun,”
I agreed.
    The
driver opened the door for us.  
    “Thanks,
Joe,” I said to him.
    “My
pleasure, Ms. Kent.”
    I
winked at him.   “Get ready for the
whirlwind.”
    “I
hear one’s coming, ma’am.”
    “Jennifer!”
Blackwell said.
    “Better
get inside,” I said.   “Otherwise,
she’ll have our heads.”   I stepped
in after Lisa, sat next to Blackwell and gave her a kiss on the cheek, which
she tolerated with a roll of her eyes, while Lisa sat opposite us.  
    “Your
coffees are in your armrests.   Here
are your herbal supplements, Jennifer.   And Lisa—your vitamins.   No arguing.   Take them.”
    We
did—and we were off.

 
 
    *   *   *

 
 
    When
we arrived at Saks, Blackwell looked at me.   “Are you OK to shop here?   After what happened?   We can always go somewhere else.”
    “I’m
fine.”
    “Are
you sure?”
    “Yes.   I’m actually excited to be back.   I haven’t been here since that bitch
held a knife to my throat.   Life is
all about getting back on the horse.   I’m ready.”
    “That’s
the spirit.”
    And
then Blackwell was on a tear.
    “You’ve
each got your lists?” she said when we moved out of the car and into the
already packed store.
    “Got
them,” we said in unison.  
    “Good.   Here’s my plan.   We all want to buy something for Alex
and Tank.”
    “And
you, Alexa and Daniella ,”
I said.
    “All
right.   That’s very sweet of
you.   So, let’s see what we can find
for the boys, then we’ll do the girls, then I’m assuming we’re going to want to
split up and have our privacy for a while so we can do some additional shopping
in private?   Yes?   Sound good?”
    “Sounds
perfect,” I said.
    “Totally
onboard,” Lisa agreed.
    “What
do you want to get the boys?” Blackwell asked.
    “I
want to get Alex a watch,” I said.
    Lisa
looked at me.   “I want to get Tank a
watch.”
    “Perfect
choice.”
    “I
want to get them both cufflinks, but not here,” Blackwell said.   “Cartier.   We’ll stop by there later.   So, let’s go and see what watches they
have, then we’ll move on to the girls, and then we’ll have our own private
adventures.”
    Two
hours later, when we left the building, our hands heavy with bags and our bank
accounts significantly lighter, Joe was waiting outside for us with the
limousine.   He put our bags in the
trunk, I made sure that he separated them so there could be no mistaking whose
was whose, and off we went to Cartier, where Blackwell purchased the most
stunning diamond cufflinks for Alex and Tank.
    “They’re
gorgeous,” Lisa said.
    “Of
course they are.   What else did you
expect from me?”
    “You
have exquisite taste, madam,” the young woman behind the counter said.
    “Born
with it,” she said.   “Runs in the
veins which, as you can see, are blue.”   She held out her wrist to the woman, who looked down at the veins that
snaked along Blackwell’s wrist before she lifted her eyes back to Blackwell.
    “So
rare,” she said.
    Blackwell
touched her throat.   “And apparently
so are you.   My dear, I just handed
you a side of shit, and you handled it as if it were a rose.   Here’s my card,” she said, dipping into
her clutch and retrieving one.   “Call me if you ever want a job at Wenn.”
    “Wenn
Enterprises?”
    “What
other Wenn do you know in this town?”
    “Wenn
it is.   I’ll do that.”
    “Please
do.”   She looked at me