The Love Of Money - S01 E135

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The Love Of Money - S01 E135

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 135

She showed off a dazzling smile and said, "Hello Mr. Upton. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Shea. I'll be serving you and your party while you're in the air."

She offered me a dainty hand and I shook it. "Oh! Uh... good to meet you, Shea! I, uh..." Fuck, I hadn't even thought about a flight attendant. I glanced at Erin, who entered the plane behind me. She smirked at me with a twinkle in her eyes.

"You don't need to call me Mr. Upton," said. "Marcus is fine."

"If that's what you'd like," she said and looked back down at the sheet of paper she held. Then she glanced up as my security team was filing in behind me. The captain was no longer around; I assumed he had made his way to the cabin.

"It looks like we're only waiting for... one more," she said.

"Cool," I said. I assumed Ashlee was running late since I'd sprung this trip on her late last night. "So the other guest is here?"

"The other two are, yes," Shae said. "Would you like me to take you to them?"

"What?" Chloe immediately perked up. "Where are they?"

"They?" I asked.

"Um." Looking confused, Shea pointed in the direction of the main cabin. "That way?"

Chloe brushed past me and disappeared through the door in the direction Shea pointed. One of the Johns followed on her heels.

"I'm sorry," Shea said, looking at me and leaning close, "Is there a problem?"

"There was only supposed to be one other person," I said. "Excuse me..

I moved past Shea and followed my bodyguards, my mind already starting to run through several scenarios of what this could mean. When I walked through the door and into the main cabin, I saw Natashya sitting in a small booth with a table. She looked a little confused while watching Chloe conversin with a second woman sitting in the booth opposite Natashya. All I could see of her was dark brown hair almost the color of Ashlee's. Had Shea missed Ashlee getting on the plane?

I approached my bodyguards and asked, "Is everything alright?"

"Everything's fine. I think there was just a little mix-up," Chloe said, her mouth screwed tight in disapproval.

The dark-haired girl turned in her seat to look up at me with pale eyes; her full lips were turned downward into a confused frown.

"Marcus?" Emily said. "Is something wrong?"

"Emily?" said in shock and horror. "What are you doing here?"

Emily glanced from me to Chloe, then back to me. "I'm... coming to Vegas?"

"..." I looked at Chloe, but as always, she wasn't giving me anything to work with. As soon as Emily proved to not be a threat, she was out. I closed my eyes and pressed my fingers to my eyebrows, massaging then to make the sudden headache I was feeling go away. "Look, don't take this the wrong way... Did I invite you?"

"Yeah," she said, clearly taking it the exact way I had told her not to. "I asked you yesterday when we were on the phone."

"What?" I said. That couldn't have been right. "You asked if you could use the house while I was gone."

"But that was before you told me where you were going." she said, getting more upset with each passing moment. "I specifically asked..."

Emily looked like she was on the verge of tears. She'd always been sensitive even when we were young, but after what happened to her in the wake of her fiance's death and her subsequent recovery, she'd gotten worse. Especially when she felt like she already owed me so much.

"Hey! It's okay," I assured her. "We're okay"

Then a thought struck me. "How did you know where the plane starting to run through several scenarios of what this could mean. When I walked through the door and into the main cabin, I saw Natashya sitting in a small booth with a table. She looked a little confused while watching Chloe conversin with a second woman sitting in the booth opposite Natashya. All I could see of her was dark brown hair almost the color of Ashlee's. Had Shea missed Ashlee getting on the plane?