Chapter 8
Bungalow three, Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood, Los Angeles
Fuck.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
There is a dead A-list movie star in our hotel room.
There is a dead A-list movie star in our hotel room.
There is a dead A-list movie star in our hotel room and my sister has her feet up on his torso like this is an everyday occurrence.
‘Antoinette! What the fuck?’
She looks up at me, a smile twitching at the corners of her mouth. ‘Hey, sis.’
I stare at her, assuming she’s going to explain what the actual fuck has gone on here, but she turns back to her iPad. I drop my bag and march over to her.
‘That’s Ron Wilde,’ I say, pointing at the torso.
‘Yeah,’ she says. ‘Some of him.’
I lean closer to the torso. She’s done a good job actually. The cuts are clean. Really clean. Almost like …
‘Did you use a chainsaw?’
She grins up at me. ‘Yes! Aren’t they great?’
‘Where did you get a chainsaw?’ I ask, panic making my voice high-pitched and squawky.
She shrugs. ‘Room service.’
Fucking room service?
‘What?’ I say. ‘What?’
‘Don’t worry, Kits,’ she says. ‘It’s the Chateau. It’s discreet. They don’t ask questions here.’
‘I think they may have a few questions about this.’ I take a few deep breaths to calm myself down. ‘What the hell were you thinking? I told you that you couldn’t kill him!’
Antoinette scowls. ‘No, you told me it wouldn’t be a good idea. I disagreed.’
I blink at her and take another deep breath before I speak. ‘In what world did you think that this—’ I gesture at the body part on the rug, ‘would be a good idea?’ I peer even closer.
I really can’t fault her work.
It’s seamless.
Almost exquisite.
I shake my head.
That’s not the point here.
‘What the hell are we going to do with him, Antoinette?’
‘You’ll figure something out,’ she says. ‘I’ve done the hard bit. The rest is just admin.’
I can’t stop staring at her, my jaw hanging open like a Scream mask.
‘Where’s the rest of him?’ I ask, dreading the answer.
‘Through there,’ she nods in the direction of the main bathroom, ‘drying out.’
I give her a look before walking trance-like to the bathroom.
This is Not Good.
This is very, very Not Good.