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and she has a one in four chance to be on the cover. There’s no model in the world that would pass up the opportunity to see themselves on the cover of any magazine, even if it’s Popular Mechanics ,” Karen said, laughing. “Sure this is way over the top and unnecessary, but what the hell? It’s going to be a riot. She’s going to get punk’d and she won’t even know it. I’ll call you next week, Mia, when I have everything started. You can all come back if you like, and we’ll begin planning for her salon visit. You know, even if we never get her on board with us, we can still have photos of Jack and her together. We’ll just make sure to keep her face out of it. The bottom line is, we want to take Jack down. It doesn’t have to be at her expense. But once his infidelity is revealed, she would be smart to dump him too.”
    “Sounds great. I guess we ought to be going now. It’s already four o’clock. Time flies when you’re up to no good. We’ll talk next week,” Mia said.
    The girls left and giggled all the way back to Tarrytown. “I don’t think I’ve ever done a devious thing in my entire life,” Mia admitted.
    “Well then, you’re way overdue,” Vic said. “This, my dear, is going to be a blast. We should video tape it, what do you think?”
    “I think that’s an awesome idea. We can watch it over popcorn and wine, and laugh our butts off for years to come.”
    Mia dropped her friends off and continued home. The old version of Mia was gone, and the revised, one step ahead of Jack version, was coming to life. She liked her new self. She changed into someone that wasn’t going to be a victim anymore. She would have the last word, and the last laugh at Jack’s expense.

Chapter Nine
    Each girl had a role in the plot, and they loved every second of it. Karen was busy getting the website and posters put together. Tina and Vic were looking through magazines to find hairdos and makeup colors that would look good on Sasha’s olive complexion. Mia kept Jack off balance and taunted him every chance she could. The idea of putting his image on billboard ads was still a good possibility. Mia had to find out where Sasha stood in all of this once she revealed her true identity to her. She reminded herself to ask Karen to go through the box of pictures again and search for any intimate photo’s that showed Jack’s face but not Sasha’s. There might be pictures in there that would do just fine. If not, Mia had to get busy and start following them to get the perfect shots.
    Mia kept herself busy over the next ten days shooting Little League team photographs and a small intimate wedding right in Tarrytown.
    At home, everything remained the same. There was an obvious elephant in the room between them, but Jack didn’t know why. These days, Mia was thankful to have a king sized bed. She wanted him as far away from her as possible without outright telling him to sleep in a different room.
    “It looks like I’m up for a huge promotion next month,” Jack said, as he finished his breakfast. He wasn’t telling Mia because he wanted to share life stories, not Jack. His only motivation to tell her anything was for the sole purpose of boasting about himself. “The rumor going around is that I’ll be the next National Sales Director. I don’t want to assume it will be me, but it’s the natural progression of things. I mean, I’m the only sales person qualified for a position like that, and of course, one would go from Regional to National anyway. How great is that? I knew it wouldn’t take long before I was a member of the upper echelon in the huge kid’s fashion and toy industry.”
    “What did you say? Sorry… I wasn’t listening. My mind is on a photo shoot I have coming up with a model.” Mia smiled, knowing full well what Jack said. She wasn’t going to admit she was listening though. He can pat himself on the back all he wants. I’m not going to indulge him.
    As soon as Jack left for work,