Lily’s face twisted, her voice rising sharply.
for a private event! I even suggested you bo Excuse me? I told you from the start this hotel was booked
for next week. But you were too cheap to pay full price, so you slipped me a third of the fee to it on the sly. Now you want to dump all the blame on me? Yeah, no way!”
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“You–you… liar!” Mona stammered, her anger giving way to irritation and a touch of panic.
I couldn’t help it–I raised my hands in a slow clap. “Oh, so this is what Tina meant by you are rich, huh?
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Mona’s face turned green.
Tina and Henry looked just as humiliated, their heads down, all the bravado from earlier gone.
I was done wasting my time. Turning to Mr. Jordan, I asked, “Now that we’re clear on who actually belongs here, shouldn’t the uninvited guests be shown the door?”
“Yes, yes! Absolutely,” Mr. Jordan said, snapping out of his shock as he signaled the security guards to start escorting them out.
Before they could get close, Henry called out, “Wait!” He looked at me, completely baffled. “Where did you even get the money to rent out the whole hotel?”
Before all this, I would’ve told him without a second thought.
Most of the money I’d won had been set aside for him.
But now?
