Episode 671: Survive You

"You sexually harassed our daughter," the man’s wife accused.

Dustin shook his head. When he’d seen the mention of the Marques Garden Party in the society page of an online newspaper, he’d still been so furious over receiving the ax from the theater company that he hadn’t managed to think it all through. He’d just wanted to put Phillip Marques and his son-in-law on the spot, publicly humiliate her family. He figured rich types hated any whiff of scandal, even if they perceived themselves to be in the right.

It hadn’t occurred to Dustin that he would be put on the spot; too, he’d suffer more than any of them.

A redhead cleared her throat. "Maybe you should take this conversation inside before people start noticing."

"Congratulations, Lila," Katherine Marques, Adria’s mother, sneered. "That’s the first help you’ve been all day. Don’t think it gets you off the hook for letting him in here though."

"I didn’t let him in."

"No, your son did, that’s even worse."

"If you want to talk bad behavior, Mrs. Mar-"

"Phillip," Katherine turned away from the redhead. "I’m going to take Lila, and circulate, make sure the party hasn’t been disturbed by all of this, it is for charity, after all. You will update me on this," she flicked a hand Dustin’s way, "won’t you?"

"You mean tell you where I’ve buried the body," Adria’s father replied.

That didn’t sound good. Crashing their party had so not been a good idea. None of this had been a good idea, starting with his decision to override everyone else’s opinion and hire Adria Marques as his leading lady. It had cost him his job, his reputation, and hell; Phillip Marques seemed serious about that whole burying the body thing.

Episode 672: This Way