The Princess of Las Vegas

Using the skills her former coding teacher taught her, Marisa begins trying to hack into Frankie’s WiFi network. She remembers he likes to call the house the “slot machine dacha” (335), so she tries that and is pleased to see that that is his password.

The detectives return to see Crissy at her cabana, and she quickly tries to hide the gun Nigel gave her. They tell her that Yevgeny’s autopsy has come back, and there is no evidence that he met foul play. However, they note that his injuries were so severe that they may be masking any defensive marks. The detectives ask where she was the night before, and she says that she wasn’t at the meet and greet, but Betsy was.

The detectives tell her that everyone present at the meet and greet thinks she was there, and she says she believes that. Additionally, they say after speaking with Betsy this morning, she denied being at the meet and greet or Red Rocks the day Yevgeny died. Crissy is surprised to learn that Betsy already has a lawyer. The detectives have still been unable to confirm her alibi for the day of Yevgeny’s death. When Crissy suggests they talk to the staff at the restaurant, they say they have and that the staff denies seeing her. This leads Crissy to believe Futurium has bribed the staff.

Crissy again stresses that she was not at the meet and greet despite what other people think. Before the detectives leave, she asks why there hasn’t been an obituary published for Yevgeny, leading her to ask if it’s because he was a spy. The detectives cannot tell her and instead instruct her to “keep your head down” (341). One of the detectives says that she believes that the point of having Betsy photographed with the Mastaba was to create the illusion that Crissy is close to the crime syndicate. She warns her to be careful. Crissy thanks the detective for the advice.

When the detectives leave, Crissy asks Bud, the head of security for casino, if he thinks Yevgeny was a spy. He says it’s possible, but that there are a lot of reasons people get murdered. He additionally warns her to be careful, making her nervous.

Marisa logs into Betsy’s crypto account and moves the money into her account so it will be protected from Frankie and the rest of Futurium.

Betsy follows the script Rory gave her with the detectives and lies telling them she was not at Red Rocks or the meet and greet. Once they leave, she demands to see Marisa. Rory says she is at school and uses Betsy’s phone to text Marisa to prove it. He receives a text message back from Marisa, but Betsy doesn’t believe it’s from her daughter.

Damon, Rory, and the bodyguard continue to keep Betsy locked in her apartment. Rory tells her that she has received a text message from Crissy, who is angry about her pretending to be her at the meet and greet. Betsy continues asking to see Marisa, which causes Damon to snap. He tells her that they have committed three murders—the Morley Brothers and Yevgeny—but because of the “three on a match” rule (349), they will get away with the first two. However, the third supposed death by suicide will be too suspicious, and they will need Crissy to be found guilty of it.

Betsy begins to cry and ask for Marisa and to go home to Vermont, but Rory cruelly taunts her, telling her she has no home. Damon and Rory tell Betsy they need to have Crissy reveal what Yevgeny told her that the FBI might be interested in. They are concerned she has been recruited by the FBI. They say that if Betsy doesn’t talk to her, they will, and then they will kill Crissy.

While Marisa sits by the pool, she notices Lara Kozlov and Congresswoman Schweiker pull up to the house. They go inside to talk to Frankie, and Marisa takes her tablet and goes into the kitchen. She texts Crissy to tell her that Frankie is holding her hostage, the congresswoman is at the house, and she doesn’t know where Frankie is. She deletes the text message and then hides her tablet in the kitchen. Before hiding it, she turns on the voice memo recording.

After practicing for that night’s show, Crissy realizes she has a text message from Marisa, alerting her to what’s going on at Frankie’s. Crissy decides she will call one of the detectives handling Yevgeny’s case, but before she can, Rory stops her and demands her phone. Soon Betsy and Damon join them. Before leaving, Rory insists that Betsy hug and kiss him and Damon. She does so and is relieved that she has Nigel’s gun in her bag.

They drive to Frankie’s house. Rory takes Crissy’s purse, and she tries to snatch it back. In the process, he discovers the gun and hits Crissy. He tells her that he is going to take her inside, point the gun at Marisa, and force Crissy to tell him everything Yevgeny told her. If she doesn’t, he will kill Marisa. She tries to call his bluff but realizes she doesn’t know what he is capable of. When she enters the house, she notices that Betsy is full of rage.

Marisa hears a commotion and goes to see what’s happening. She sees Lara and the congresswoman leaving quickly, and Lara tells her to come inside.

Betsy hugs Marisa the minute she sees her and is relieved that she is unharmed. She looks at Frankie, and he looks ashamed of himself. Rory begins to interrogate Crissy about her relationship with Yevgeny. Betsy warns her sister that she cannot trust anyone who works for Futurium, which causes Rory to instruct Damon to empty her crypto account. Betsy writes down her seed phrase, and Marisa tries to tell her that she’s already moved the money, but Betsy quiets her.

Damon tells Rory that the money is gone, and Betsy says she didn’t move the money. Rory gets angrier and pulls his gun out, demanding that Betsy reveal where the money is. Rory points the gun at Betsy but turns to shoot Lara in the head when she points her own gun at him and instructs him to “[d]rop it.”

Marisa admits that she’s never seen anyone killed before.

After Lara is killed, everyone stays silent. However, quickly Damon and Frankie are berating Rory with questions, and Marisa is crying. Rory reveals that he had found out that Lara was an undercover FBI agent and that the tiara she gave Betsy to give to Oliver and Neri had malware installed that would turn over all their data to the FBI.

Seeing that she has a chance to distract Rory, Crissy throws a vase at him. He dodges it, but his gun goes off. In the chaos, Betsy grabs Lara’s gun. She shoots Rory and instructs Frankie, Damon, and their bodyguard to turn over their guns. Marisa then tells Betsy that when the police arrive, she should give them her tablet because she’s been recording everything on it in the kitchen.

The detectives arrive and arrest everyone from Futurium. Betsy and Crissy discuss what happened, and Betsy encourages her sister to not rely on Diana’s personality and life story so much. She also apologizes to Crissy for everything that’s happened. Crissy offers to get Betsy and Marisa a suite at Buckingham Palace Casino, and Betsy agrees.

Marisa thinks that someday she’d like to write a memoir. She and Betsy now live at Buckingham Palace Casino, although their room is not as ornate as Crissy’s. She reveals that Congresswoman Schweiker lost her senate bid against Senator Aldred and that Frankie, Damon, Tony, and Rory are going to be in prison for a very long time.

Marisa now helps Crissy with research for her show. Crissy and Nigel are now dating, and Betsy is a blackjack dealer. For the first time in her life, Marisa feels loved and cared for.