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I say we sneak out of the house tonight and go to the Hotel Lindo. We will party there and search for ¡i! and his entourage and—” Sluuuurpppppp. Sluuurrrrppppp. The sound of someone straw-draining the last drops of liquid from a glass bottle put an instant hold on their scheme session. Alicia turned to see why and came face-to-face with Nina, who had been lurking behind her, an empty Orangina in hand. She was still tall and thin. Her boobs were still massive. But she no longer posed a physical threat, thanks to her new hair-don’t.
Isobel grabbed her twin sister’s arm and yanked her inside the movable nightclub. They lifted their black cuff–covered arms above their heads and began turning their heads from side to side like they were trying to take secret sniffs of their pits. Their narrow hips gyrated, and their high heels lifted and lowered like they were on a gold, glitter-carpeted Stairmaster. Alicia was about to step into the elevator, but Nina shoulder-shoved her out of the way, shaking her platinum-blond bowl-with-bangs haircut like it was crawling with flying beetles.
Careful! ” squealed Nina as the sea horses swam into each other amidst an explosion of effervescent bubbles. Celia gave her sister a shove when several onlookers gave her the evil eye for overpressing. ” Nina pout-shouted as she rubbed her bare arm in an obvious attempt to milk more sympathy from the compassionate crowd. But they had already turned away to continue search-stalking the elusive pop star. A faint hiss signaled that the elevator was slowly dropping down the vertical part of the L, where the guest rooms were.