A GOLDEN EMPIRE

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL SHOPPING spree at SAINT LAURENT, the girls met up with the boys for lunch at JOE'S SEAFOOD. "Y'all will never believe what the hell just happened."

The boys looked at each other in confusion as they too returned to their seats at the table. "What happened?" Justin asked as he took a sip of his lemonade.

"Jasmine Copeland happened," Stella pursed her lips, inspecting her nails.

Kingsley sighed as he sipped his cocktail. "What the hell is she doing in Vegas? What did she do this time?"

Katerina smirked as she put her curls up in a high ponytail. "She came into Saint Laurent and tried to purchase some of their winter collection with a black Amex card, but it turned out to be fake," she said with a grin. The boys broke out into laughter. Out of all the things she usually did, this one was the most embarrassing.

"Yeah! And she tried to order the staff around and she ended up being hauled away by Roro's bodyguards," Adrianna smirked as she ate a few sautéed vegetables. Brighton almost choked on his vodka lemonade.

"I can't wait to see that!" He hooted. He knew that someone must've filmed the scene and would be up on YouTube by the evening.

"Oh trust me, seeing it in real time was on a different level. If looks could kill then she would be six feet under," Odette murmured quickly as she poked about the food on her plate.

Mario grinned wide as he looked around the table. "Then why don't we put her six feet under?" He suggested with a smirk, his eyes twinkling mischievously.

Aurora sighed wistfully as she leaned her elbows on the table. "As much as I'd like to, we can't," she grimaced. Mario pouted. He really wanted to torture that little bitch.

"We have to think about how to get rid of her," Autumn mused aloud, tapping a nail against her chin.

"Humiliating her is boring. I'm not going to feed her humiliation kink. Someone else can do that one," Stella commented with a snort.

Adrianna rolled her eyes before an idea formed in her head. "Guys, remember what we did last year?" She said with a grin as she leaned forward. Odette and Christian looked at each other, while everyone else's face immediately lit up, knowing what the onyx haired girl was talking about.

"What happened last year?" They chorused.

"We caused a bunch of people who had fallen out of favour with us to be kicked out of school, ruining their futures and their families in the process. It was a bloodbath. Such a shame that you two weren't there to see it," Kingsley said in a mock wistful tone as his hazel brown eyes pierced into the youngest couple's.

Odette just looked at him warily, not liking where this was going. She knew him well. She knew that he had many tricks up his sleeve. They don't call him the wild one for nothing.

"And what exactly did you do? I'm gonna need more information than that," she shot back, making Kingsley almost giggle.

"Mhmm...so fiesty darling," he almost purred, curling his fingers into a claw motion. Avalon swatted his arm, unimpressed by his antics.

"Basically, we drained a little of the school's finances and held them in offshore bank accounts. But it was with a twist. We made it look like they were stealing from the school instead of us. And as you all very well know.." Aurora cut in casually as she checked her nails.
"L.A PREP has a zero tolerance policy for stealing," she finished, raising her eyes to look all around the group. This was true. The elite private school held no place for thieves.

Those who stole were exiled from the city and never heard of again. To even speak their names could get you exiled from the city as well.

Christian and Odette smirked at each other. "I'm guessing that you've got a similar fate in store for Jasmine, then?" The forest green eyed boy asked with a grin.

"I'm actually thinking of something different," Justin spoke up, making everyone's heads turn to him.

"Oh?"

It wasn't often that he was the mastermind of their schemes, but whenever he offered up an idea, the plans ended up being even crazier than intended. And it usually ended up with someone in the ER.

"Tell us what you've got, Justy Bear," Brandon urged with his signature smirk and wink, making the elder flip him off.

"I've been watching a new anime and it's given me an idea," Justin began with a smile.

Everyone around the table regarded him in interest. "Go on," Aurora prompted her boyfriend to speak.

"Let's say that we have a little...gamble session. Everything is on the line. In exchange for her place in our city and school, she has to gamble with one of us. But her fate? She gets exiled from the city along with her shitty friends and family. If she fails, then they all get it, no questions asked," he growled low in his throat. He had a special dislike toward the girl. She had targeted one of his friends at a party and he hated her ever since. But he did manage to get his hands on her.

That nasty scar that went diagonally across her face?

The one that she always tried to cover up with a cheap drug store foundation?

That was the work of his guys. Justin didn't like to get his hands dirty. He just loved to see things crash and burn while he revelled in the chaos of the aftermath.

A silence descended over the room as they mulled over Justin's words. "You can prepare the gamble, babe ,"  Aurora agreed with a nod. She liked the sound of that. It wasn't often that they held a gambling session. This event would end the new school year with a bang. There were TV screens that were installed all over the school so the students and teachers alike could spectate. "But I'm going to think of something a tiny bit extra," Aurora added with a grin. This time, she was truly going to make Jasmine regret even being born.

Justin smirked and he clapped his hands, happy that his idea was accepted. Even though he was older, he had just as great tricks up his sleeve like the rest of them. "Great, I'll make a quick call," the curly haired male ominously as he slid his chair out and fished his black iPhone 15 pro max out from his back pocket, opening the door and slipping out of the private dining room.

Thus, a new plan was brewing that would shake the whole of Los Angeles. Prepare for yet another takedown from the Empire.