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Yeah, we used Charlie’s Angels names as our street names, but don’t think this was uncool when it came to Jinx. I was relatively certain Jinx wasn’t Jinx’s real name either, and we didn’t know what that name was.
“And Elena,” Raye went on.
Willow gave Jinx a shy little wave.
“Is that the latest movie?” Jinx asked Raye.
And yeah again, we weren’t fooling anyone with our street names.
“Yep,” Raye answered.
“I haven’t seen it,” Jinx said.
“Us either. We had to look it up on IMDB,” Jess told her.
“We really should get on that,” Luna noted.
“Yeah, you might learn something,” Jinx remarked.
My phone in my back pocket vibrated.
I pulled it out and looked at the screen.
A notification from Javi came up, and I felt my eyes round when the content of the text showed after my phone saw my face.
I’m in the parking lot. Finish with Jinx and get your ass down here.
Oh dear.
“What?” Jessie asked.
“Nothing,” I said, hastily shoving my phone back in my pocket, but I could feel my pulse beating in my neck at the same time I was trying not to admit that it wasn’t because I worried Javi was mad at me that I stood him up.
It was because Javi was close at all.
“Mentirosa,” Jinx whispered, watching me closely.
That meant “liar” in Spanish.
I kept my mouth shut.
“Let’s get this party started,” Shanti urged. “We’ve got to set everything up for the Kev meet at nine.”
Oh, right.
We had another appointment that night.
“Okay, this is the deal,” Luna started, and then she explained everything to Jinx. She finished with, “And then we found out this morning that the guy who showed for Kev’s date with Harlow, his name is Trev?—”
“Kev and Trev?” Jinx asked.
“Yeah,” Luna confirmed.
Jinx started laughing.
It was funny yesterday. It wasn’t so funny anymore.
“Well, he got murdered last night,” Luna finished.