Page 14 of Shape Of My Heart
“Mild indeed. The biggest scandal now is that we think Mrs. Campbell is planning to kill husband number fifteen so she can get her hands on husband sixteen and keep husband fifteen’s fortune. There’s no way all her fourteen husbands could have mysteriously died of a heart attack. Particularly because they were all under the age of forty. She’ssixty-five.”
“Really?” Amy rested her elbows on the table and leaned forward with keen interest as theynodded.
“While we wait for that story to unfold, we’re casting bets on how soon Mr. Fox will get caught for embezzling money from the children’s hospice, to pay for his wife’s newboobs.”
Amy waslaughingnow.
“So, what else did Josh Mancini do?” Gabriella asked. “We understand the rats, but something else must have turnedyouaway.”
Amy reached into her pocket and handed her the list Josh wrote. Hilda moved over so she could read too. They started to laugh again and Amysighed.
It was funny if you were on the outsidelookingin.
“There’s no way he was being serious,” Hilda stated, shakingherhead.
“Yes, he was.” Amy saw that he was absolutelyserious.
“Oh my God.Dias Miós, everything on here is ridiculous. I’m guessing his plastic friendsrequirethis.”
“Plastic friends?” Amygiggled.
“Yes, the two skanks he’salwayswith.”
That was another story entirely. “They’re practically glued to him,” shestated.
“We’veseenthem.”
“Do you livenearby?”
Amy shook her head. “DowntownL.A.”
“Chica,” Gabriella grimaced and shook her head. “That’s a bit rough for a girl like you. How long have you livedthere?”
“Just the last week and two days. I used to live in New York, but I’m from Atlanta. I’m a fashiondesigner.”
They both looked interested to hear that, and as Amy continued talking their interest grew. She told them about her application to Dior and all that she’d done so far. That led to explaining about her mother’s illness and why shewashere.
They all talked for hours and even had dinner. Amy got to know a lot about them and found their acquaintance quite refreshing. She learned that Gabriella was from Colombia and Hilda from Puerto Rico. They’d come to the States when they were young but tried to go back to visit their families every year. Since Amy would give anything to go to either of those two amazing countries she enjoyed hearing about the wondrous things you could seethere.
They talked until it got dark and agreed to meet for lunch the next day if Amy was still here. They made her feel better and she thought whether she was still working for Josh or not she’d come for the lunchinvite.
As she made her way back to her dank apartment she checked her messages to see if the consultant had gotten back to her. He did, stating that he’d call her tomorrow morning after his morning clinic, which finished ateleven.
Fingers crossed she could find a way out of this mess and still fix things. She wondered how mad Josh was when she didn’t come back with his stupid items. She didn’t care. If she didn’t see him again it would be the best thing that ever happenedtoher.
And those women that hung with him. Gabriella told her that he paid for the brunette to get implants and the other one, Hilda called the dumb one, had collagenfillers.
It was all soextravagant.
