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throw you a raw fish? Jamaica turned toward Shamu and blew him a dramatic kiss.
    â€œGood-bye, my friend!” Jamaica told the Orca. “Tonight’s show is for you!”
    The crowd applauded wildly.
    â€œWould you like to go for a ride?” Amy asked.
    Again, Jamaica froze. This time she could feel the micro strands of hair rise on the back of her neck. Yet, the crowd’s applause told her that she was trapped.
    Jamaica turned back toward Amy and smiled. “Sure…I’d love to!” You bitch! You prissy little freckle-faced bitch! If I thought that I could get away with it, I’d whip you and that slimy-ass fish!
    â€œHop in!” Amy told her. She waved her hand toward the massive body of water before them.
    He smiled , Jamaica thought. The hungry bastard was smiling at me! Jamaica turned and stared at LaChina. I’m going to kill you, my friend. Her glance back toward the waiting Orca startled her. Its mouth was open, and its teeth were visible to her now. Jamaica knew that it was smiling at her.
    Mark was the first one into the water. He turned and helped a terrified Jamaica into the massive pool, and then helped her to mount the large black mammal.
    â€œYes! Yes!” LaChina shouted from the side of the pool. She performed a short moonwalk backward as Jamaica and Mark floated by on the back of the massive beast. She turned and hugged Jemia.
    â€œEvery time someone is seen with that damn whale, their record sales bloom!” LaChina declared. “SWV showed him jumping around, and zoom! Jacko kissed it, and boom! But, Jai, you rode it! Girl, you actually rode it! Number one, here we come!”
    Unbridled, LaChina grabbed her cousin and spun her around. She began singing her own version of SWV’s song: Lately there seems to be, some financial security, about the way I feel, where I’m gonna be!
    Jemia broke away from her. “That’s not the way that song goes!”
    LaChina grabbed her again. “I don’t care, that’s the way I see it!”
    LaChina spun Jemia around again. “What better way can you think of to prepare for the release of a new album? Just look!”
    Jemia turned, and saw the same thing that her jumping, twisting, dancing cousin saw. Every camera in the stadium was exploding. All of the television cameras were zoomed in on the pool, where Jamaica was bestride a massive killer whale.
    â€œCan you see the headlines?” LaChina asked her cousin. She spread her arms across the air. “ Tiera wins hearts of all mammals! Or something corny like that. The tree huggers, whale savers, fur painters, bird watchers, animal activists, and goody-two-shoe green thumbs will all love her! She will be the poster girl for purity. Jemia, the only thing that could possibly top this, is a whole video with that thing!”
    And that’s when it hit her. A whale video!
    LaChina’s thought process would make Big Blue jealous. Her brain calculated business figures, demographics, sales charts, and the entire industry’s activities with the speed of a lightning strike. The next video is going to be shot in a tropical location, and definitely on a beach. They could turn it into a video shoot with Mr. Slimy Fish, she told herself. Hmmmm, how much would it cost to rent one of those things , she wondered. Who would care, with their budget. The label had made it clear a long time ago, that Tiera’s videos had no expense caps.
    LaChina folded her arms, and her thoughts raced rapidly. With the budget, they could buy a hundred whale thingys. I’ll have to call Bev in New York, and then run the idea by Tony. But what if it ate her? She wondered if the company had insurance for such things. Was there insurance against being eaten by a big, hungry mammal?
    LaChina shook her head forcefully. She had to get those stupid thoughts out of her mind. Business, she told herself, think business.
    LaChina knew that she would need a few days,