Chapter 23
Melissa emerged from the the shower. With nought but a towel around herself she plopped down onto the bed she'd been sharing with her sister.
"Did anything happen while I was gone?"
"Well, yeah I guess," Angela said, "as in, not much, for a change."
"Oh yeah? How do you mean," Melissa said as she wrapped another towel around her sopping strawberry blonde hair.
"Well for once they're dressed and not having sex."
"Oh. Yeah, that is a pretty big change isn't it?"
"Yeah! It's pretty amazing."
Melissa sat down in front of their spyglass, squinted one of her eyes shut and took a look. Through it she saw Diana and Jenn were snuggled up on a couch, dressed in comfortable clothes, evidently watching something on Diana's television. "So they've been together the entire weekend."
"Mhmm."
"I think she's settling on this girl, then."
"Yeah, looks like it. I mean she hasn't seen any of the other ones since, um... last Wednesday."
"That's good," Melissa said. "I think she's starting to get it."
Angela nodded. "And I like this brown haired one. You should have seen her walking around in those yoga pants."
After a couple moments Melissa pulled back from the spyglass and turned to face her sister. "I just hope all those other girls don't create some sort of backlash about this."
"Because they're upset that Diana's chosen this one instead of them?"
"Uh-huh. No one can predict how a woman will behave when she's separated from her goddess..."
"Yeah, yeah... And there's five of them. Five little hotties, feeling all deprived." Angela leaned in closer, speaking in a lower, more conspiratorial tone. "You know what we'll have to do?"
"Investigate further?" Melissa said, grinning gleefully.
"Yep."
"I'll call front desk and extend our stay."
Chapter 24
It had been two days since Audrey's meeting at her apartment, yet still there had been no word from Erica on whether or not she supported her treacherous plans. No bother; the point of that gathering was not actually to come to any group consensus. The votes casted demonstrated to Audrey who could and couldn't be trusted to participate in the plot she intended to put into motion. Shelley and Donna were out, as predicted. Erica would also be left in the dark. She only had Stacy on her side.
She was seated by herself at a coffee house, cupping some sort of frothy chai-latte concoction in her hands pensively. What would her father do, in her sort of situation? Despite his secrecy Audrey had always been aware of his shadier practices. When someone wouldn't cooperate, his first step was always a warning. He would use their fears against them, to scare them into compliance. That was usually enough, and if it wasn't... their funeral would soon follow.
But what could she do to frighten Jenn? She regretted paying so little attention to her during the previous Wednesday. She still knew next to nothing about her, except for her name and where she worked. To make things still more difficult, once jolted Jenn would probably go running to Diana, who would see right through the scare tactic and suspect one of her own as the culprit. Then there would be no point in even trying; Diana wouldn't want to have anything to do with any of them.
There was no choice but to go right to the final step. Jenn would have to be eliminated, by force. No details could connect her to the incident. Though she didn't yet know how she was going to accomplish that, she knew she was going to have to tie up some loose ends first.
She began by writing a group text to Shelley, Donna and Erica.
No vote from Erica means 3 against 2. Won't be doing anything about Diana's girlfriend. It was a silly idea, and a dangerous one too. I must have just been feeling caught up in the moment.
She was confident the others would believe her and forget all about her little plot.
Chapter 25
Wednesday had come around again, though this time Diana was only going to be spending that midweek night with Jenn. It was after one of her classes and they'd met up at the shopping mall to casually wander its noisy halls and browse stores. It was a nice way to start their night, to be as they once had been as a pair of teenage mallrats.
"Ooh let's take a look in there," Jenn said, tugging on Diana's wrist. Diana was reluctant, resisting slightly and having to be dragged into the pink and black lingerie store.
"Ah, I don't know if that's a good idea..."
Jenn turned to her, grinning playfully. "Oh, come on! Don't you want to pick something for me to wear tonight?" She stepped closer and added more privately, "something tiny...?
Diana nodded, already feeling charmed at the thought of having Jenn in something naughtier than just their usual nothing. "Yeah. But, ah, I usually try to avoid places like this."
"Not today," Jenn said. With an enticing sway she sashayed her sexy self into the store, bringing Diana in tow.
Soon enough Jenn was rummaging through the bins of underwear. "Ooh yeah, I like this," she said as she picked out a tiny black thong. She held it over her tight fitted jeans, modelling it for Diana. "What do you think?"
"That's good," Diana said. "But try something more exotic... You're always wearing those, anyway." She stepped over to another bin and pulled out a much more interesting item. "Like this."
It was a lace teddy: Translucent pink ruffled strips would travel up from its waistband to cover each of her breasts, then thinning into little straps that would run down her back until meeting at her bottom on the other side. Lower, a narrow band of the same material would cross over her crotch before narrowing into a g string.
"Pink," Jenn commented as she took the little outfit into her hands.
"Yeah. You're always wearing blacks and blues, so why not change it up?"
Jenn pressed it against her body, modelling the item for her. She smiled prettily while striking a saucy pose. "Okay. If you say so... Anything for you."
