I on the other hand, apply a sheer layer of gloss to my lips and skip my way to Jessica and Michael’s villa.
To my surprise when I get there, the door is slightly open and I can hear voices arguing. I slowly push myself inside and the hinges loudly creak. Jessica is throwing pillows and blankets all over the room, yelling at Michael to help her look for something. Michael is running his fingers through his hair and saying he told her to be more careful. I debate on closing the door, sneaking out and leaving this little argument, but as I take one step back, Jessica spins around in my direction.
“Oh Megan! Thank God you’re here!” she exasperates, “I lost my engagement ring!”
Michael kicks over a garbage can and mumbles how this is so typical of Jessica. Which I have to agree it is, and probably why I am not at all shocked by this ring’s mysterious disappearance. Michael I have actually shared a private conversation about Jessica’s constant drama. We both think she does things on purpose to create immediate attention and tragedy in her life. Sometimes I wonder if she should’ve pursued a career as an actress in Hollywood.
She yanks me into their villa, “This is a travesty! I have no idea how I lost it! I know I had it on last night. I really don’t understand how I could have possibly misplaced it.”
I watch Michael on the opposite side of the room, and his face is completely red as he rifles though his luggage, “Shut-up Jessica. Keep on looking and stop talking. If you actually lost this ring, my mother is going to flip out!”
She lets out a growl, “You know what Michael! This isn’t my fault. Stop being such a jerk!”
Michael turns his back to her and she flips him off when he isn’t looking. Somehow I become dragged into this quest, searching on my hands and knees under their bed.
To say this ring is spectacular is an understatement. It’s been in Michael’s hoity-toity family for five generations. It’s a stunning two-carat, radiant cut light orangey pink diamond with two honking flawless diamonds on either side. She has been able to wear it safely every day for the past year, but how she ends up losing it the day before her wedding is beyond me.
Just as I am wedging my arm underneath the dresser, Jessica shrieks, “I found it!”
Michael bites his tongue, rolls his eyes and storms past the both of us. He escapes into the bathroom and slams the door shut.
“What’s his problem?” Jessica says and slips the ring back onto her finger, “Thank goodness I thought to check behind the nightstand. It must have slipped.”
“Must have.” I mumble and yank my arm free. Jessica beams down at her ring finger and becomes lost in its glimmer. The clock behind her catches my eye and flashes that it’s already eight-thirty, “We better head down to the Spa. We don’t want to be late.”
She starts squealing and jumping up and down, “I’m so excited! I can’t believe tomorrow is almost here.”
Surprisingly, Stephanie and Michelle are already waiting for us by the front doors of the Spa. Jessica immediately shares her ring disappearance story and exasperates how she thought she had lost it forever. Stephanie and Michelle absorb every little detail of Jessica’s tale, and tell her how lucky she was to find it, while I can’t help but think she knew where it was all along.
When I push open the doors of the Spa, a lady no more than five feet tall with frizzy black hair greets us with a warm grin. “Welcome to the Spa, who is the bride?”
“That’s me!” Jessica exclaims shooting her left hand in the air and showing off her sparkling diamond.
“Wonderful.” The little lady exclaims, “My name is Nadia, and I will be taking care of you this morning.” She spins around and pulls a shiny metal tray off of the counter with four champagne flutes. They are filled with a bubbly pink liquid and a few raspberries are splashed inside each one. Jessica politely takes the first one, and hands one out to the rest of us.
The Spa is fantastic, and nothing short of a small paradise. Nadia leads us through glass paned double doors out to the hydrotherapy Jacuzzi pool. The deck looks like marble, and there is a gigantic mural on one of the outdoor walls made of colored glass to resemble the sea. There are