That was the ass-wipeâs big punishment.
Donny shouldâve waited , she thought sadly. I wouldâve given it up â eventually .
Her plans were all in place, but unfortunately her crappy mom was putting up roadblocks, which pissed her off, because why shouldnât she do exactly as she pleased? Her mom always hadâeveryone knew about Lucky Santangelo and her notorious pastâso why was she expected to be such a little lamb?
She had no intention of not going to Big Bear and missing out on an exciting experience, but how to pull it off without getting grounded for weeks on end, that was the problem.
She wasnât exactly losing sleep over it, because if there was one thing she excelled at, it was solving problems. And with the help of her two best friendsâCookie, a pretty black girl, and Harry, an in-the-closet gay teenagerâsheâd somehow work it out.
Cookie and Harry were the best, always up to support an adventure, and meeting some hot guy in Big Bear was a major adventure. Not that they were going to get to meet him, but theyâd back her up all the way. Thatâs what true friends were for.
Later that afternoon, Cookie and Harry came over to lie out by the pool and mull over the situation.
â I wanna meet your Internet perv,â Cookie insisted, swigging from a can of Red Bull. She was a curvaceous girl in a young Janet Jackson kind of way. Chocolate-brown dreadlocks framed her heart-shaped face, and her lips were full and pink. Her father was Gerald M., the forty-nine-year-old smooth-soul-singing icon. Cookie had chosen to live with him in Beverly Hills because her mom was a prescription-drug whore whoâd moved over the hill to the Valley with a twenty-five-year-old sometime musician, and Cookie couldnât stand either of them. Her mom and boyfriend cohabited in stoned bliss, while Cookie enjoyed the good life with her famous father.
âYeah, anâ I wouldnât mind giving him a blow job,â Harry leered, huddling under a huge sun umbrella, hiding from the sun. Harry was skinny and alarmingly pale, with dyed black hair worn spiked, as if heâd recently stuck his finger in a power socket. His mogul-type dad worked late hours at the TV network he ran, while his mom, a born-again, spent most evenings at her church or meeting with her pastor, a man Harry was convinced she was sleeping with.
âBet you both wish you were coming with me,â Max said, tossing back her long mane of dark curls. âBut hey, Iâm the one thatâs gonna be screwing him, that privilege is all mine, so try not to turn into jealous wrecks.â
â If your mom lets you go,â Cookie pointed out, adjusting the top of her bikini.
âIâm workinâ on it,â Max said confidently, knowing that she was taking off to Big Bear whether Lucky agreed or not.
âI so hope this dudeâs like not a perv ,â Cookie offered, wriggling around on her sun lounger, her brief pink bikini showing off every curve.
âAnd I hope he is,â Harry said excitably, his skinny body fully covered in a faded black T-shirt and baggy black pants worn half-mast. ââCause then you can give us all the sicko details when you get back.â
â If she gets back,â Cookie interrupted, rolling her eyes for emphasis. ââCause he could cut her up into itty-bitty pieces anâ bury her under the mountain.â
âThanks for the thought,â Max said, biting down on her lower lip. âBut hey, I know how to kick ass, so any cutting goinâ on will be coming from me . Get it? â
âBad shit happens,â Cookie said, nodding wisely. âI read where this woman met this dude on the Internet and he like strangled her, âcause thatâs what she told him she was into. How psycho is that ?â
âGrantâs cool,â Max said airily. âI can tell.â
âHow?â Cookie demanded.
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Laurice Elehwany Molinari