The other three taskmistresses were in another league entirely. We all used to hope for you to be in charge of us.”Brandi grimaced. “And what abou... Britney?”“Brandi, you had no part in that, other than deciding not to walk in front of Uno’s gunmen. I didn’t either, none of us did.”“How did Britney die?” Jada asked in a whisper.Allison gave a tearful sigh. “At the end, Ricardo caned her throat. He crushed her larynx. Britney suffocated to death.”Jada grimaced and returned to Brandi. “Why?! Why. Still, the beach was buzzing with people having fun and tanning in the afternoon sun. We slowly walked back to the spot were we left our towels and stuff, dragging the now empty cooler and deck chairs behind us. As we walked, well I mean staggered back, we crossed a game of beach cricket in progress. Half a dozen people trying to play a game before the tide returned and robbed them of their wicket. As we waited for a lull in the game, the batter hit the ball straight at us, hoping that we would. "Tony, is something wrong?"I could feel tears forming. Chase was not someone I liked. I was jealousof him. But he didn't deserve this. I felt guilty that I disliked himwhen he did nothing wrong to me. Those feelings of being powerless andbeing embarrassed came flooding back again.**"Chris?" Cindy said. "What's wrong?" She reached over and silenced thephone without answering it. "Is this about last night?" She put her handout and touched my shoulder.I think I must've been emotionally numb for a. “He wants BOTH of us,” she said, “and he’s willing to tip us each double.” Well, this sounded interesting, but as Lesley drag- ged me out to the tables I warned her that I hadn’t tried this before — I didn’t want to screw things up and make her lose a good tip. “Don’t worry about it,” my new friend told me. “Just do what you normally do, and I’ll take care of the rest.” Doing what I normally did was.