LUXURY

＂ Ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｓｓｉｎｇ ｏｆ Ｂｅｖｅｒｌｙ Ｈｉｌｌｓ ＂(2/3)

"I'm probably not answering for a reason so fuck off or leave a message, your choice."

If she were stuck in one of those ridiculous, vintage cartoons, Jacqueline Lexington's emerald green eyes would have rolled to the back of her head and back - except this was the real world so she settled for an overused eye roll instead.

"I'm assuming her 'reason' is Seth." Veronica Conrad cackled, putting quotations around 'reason,' as Jac groaned and started to dial Seth Montador's number.

It was exactly midnight and she, Veronica, and Chris Edwards were standing morbidly around one of the velvet-carpeted Cosmopolitan hotel halls, still clad in their party clothes that smelled like chlorine and champagne showers. Despite the bar fights Brett Richers had triggered that'd brought police to the XS club faster than a Barneys store could restock, they'd all managed to escape in a dingy taxi. The taxi had been a downgrade compared to the limo they'd arrived in but had been better than the backseat of a police car.

However, with Benny and Seth MIA, there was no way to get into their Spring Break penthouse as the half-Cherokee girl had forgotten to give anyone a key.

Jac didn't bother leaving a message when Seth's warm and airy voice answered her call, kindly telling her to leave a message and have a great day.

"I bet ten grand they're getting it on." Chris Edwards snickered, leaning on the gold door of the Costa penthouse.

"Seth and Benny? I highly doubt it." Jac scoffed. She knew for a fact that Benny was still seething over Brett Richers and Seth Montador had seemed to rule off dating completely after a dinner-gone-wrong with his wealthy, uptight family in Washington D.C - not that Benny would be able to date anyway.

"Have you seen the way she looks at him?" Chris smirked, arms crossed smugly across his chest. "I seriously never thought I'd see the day someone would be attracted to glitter fingers."

"Seth is really hot if you ask me." Veronica piped up, seeming as if she were talking more to herself.

"Okay? I didn't need to know that."

"Enough about Seth!" Jac scolded, her voice sounding louder than her own thoughts. While she felt more stressed out than a prep for Ivy League Day, Veronica and Chris were acting so blasé. Their friends were either missing or arrested and they couldn't even get into their penthouse yet they were far more concerned with the likely chances of Benny and Seth having run off somewhere to hook up!

Jac dialed Paisely's number, hoping the ditsy blonde would at least pick up but to her dismay, Paisely's voicemail answered instead which was just a giggly 'hello.' Thinking of Paisely arrested or lost on the Las Vegas strip made Jac more nervous than the pose-and-falls of Fashion Week models. Paisely was just so clueless.

"Paige isn't answering her phone either," She said, anxiously slipping her Windows phone back into her black Rebecca Minkoff clutch. "We should probably find her before she-"

"Hey, where did that lackey of yours go?" Chris interrupted cheekily. "Or did he run off to get it on too?"

Jac narrowed her eyes. "This really isn't the time." She hadn't seen Blake since he bailed for a phone call and had promised herself she wouldn't be paranoid. Blake was the good guy, the cliche' and overly cheesy knight in Target armor with "job things" she wouldn't understand - but that was okay. She trusted him.

He had promised her himself that he didn't want to hurt her and while her ex had said the same thing, Jac just felt more certain when it came to Blake.

Although maybe she was lying to herself as cheaterade theories were already running wild in her head. What if the "job thing" wasn't even a girl? What if he just wanted to get away from her? It wouldn't be the first time someone wanted to. Hell, even her own mother had ditched her and had only returned to jump at an opportunity to ruin her father's marriage - not that Jeffrey Lexington had seemed the slightest bit bothered by it.