Chapter 281

We started the day off slowly, sipping on rosé and Champagne and smoking a lot of weed from our hookah. Well, except for Katie. She still didn’t smoke, and she had even dialed back on cocaine since she started her singing lessons. But, with a week off before her next session, she was all-in on making it snow in sunny Los Angeles today.

We were pleasantly high and tipsy by the time Juliet and Melanie joined us, shortly after lunchtime. We smoked some more and played a little grabass in the pool until Jason arrived with Crystal and Bianka.

"I like this ratio," Jason said as he greeted me.

"We might have a chance," I said with a laugh.

"Carly wants a meeting next week," he said. "Get things moving."

"Awesome," I said as I poured out two bottles of rosé to keep everyone satisfied. "This is going to be big, one way or another."

We toasted glasses and admired the shimmering water filled with go