CHAPTER 11
“What?! How? When?”
Lia had to move the receiver away from her ear. Clarissa´s screams could be heard from the neighbor´s house. “Clarissa, please, calm down.”
“How do you want me to calm down?”
Lia sighed. “Alright, don´t calm down then.”
That did it. She heard her best friend take a deep breath and put her volatile emotions under control.
“So… you slept with the guy, and lost your job… and the hotel went boom, and now you’re stuck at a stranger’s house with nothing but the contents of your purse?”
“More or less, yes. I could call Jerry, but the idea makes me cringe. And Aiden… I don´t know where to find him.”
“Where did you say you were?”
“I´m at Dr. Jordan’s house. He’s an expert in mythology. I met him on the Venice Beach boardwalk.”
“Are you crazy? What if he’s a
