The Princess of Las Vegas

Marisa reflects on her new school, which she considers to be fine. She is unsure how long they will be in Las Vegas. She considers a casino’s odds, finding it interesting that the more you play, the more likely you are to lose.

Tony gave Betsy the t-shirt that mimicked Diana’s famous black sheep sweater, and Betsy had originally taken the gift as a compliment. Later, Frankie had given her more clothing and accessories that she didn’t think had anything to do with Diana’s style. She didn’t plan to wear the t-shirt when meeting with Crissy but realizes after that her outfit might have startled Crissy.

After Crissy and Nigel leave lunch in a rush, Frankie and Betsy drive away together to grab lunch. Frankie asks her to get his glasses out of the glovebox, and she sees a gun inside. Betsy asks why he has it, and Frankie explains, “It’s Nevada,” which does not satisfy Betsy. She makes him promise to never bring guns around Marisa, and he agrees. Frankie asks Betsy if she can do some modeling for Futurium. She agrees after saying that she trusts him, and the two stop at a casino for a fancy lunch.

Marisa admits to researching Diana after meeting Crissy. She realizes how accurate an impersonator her aunt is when she goes to a water park with her, as many people do a double-take when they see Crissy.

Nigel and Crissy go to meet with Betsy and Marisa at the water park. Marisa wants to know what Nigel, Betsy, and Crissy plan to talk about, and when the adults ignore her questions, she makes inappropriate comments about Crissy’s history of disordered eating. Crissy eventually tells Marisa that she wants to talk with Betsy about their recent move to Las Vegas, which exasperates Marisa before she goes to swim.

Once Marisa leaves, Betsy asks Crissy and Nigel why they left their lunch so abruptly. They tell her about Rory and Frankie’s guns, but she doesn’t seem to care. She says her new friends think Crissy is “kind of paranoid” (198). Crissy asks Betsy about her choice of outfits for lunch, and Betsy doesn’t understand why it would be significant. Crissy explains that the t-shirt is designed after one of Diana’s iconic looks, and Betsy accuses her sister of overreacting. Nigel asks Betsy what she’s doing with her increasingly uncanny resemblance to Diana—and Crissy—and her work at Futurium. Betsy becomes frustrated that Crissy and Nigel are judging her, and Crissy reminds her that she has a history of making poor decisions.

When Crissy mentions that Futurium is considering buying Buckingham Palace Casino, Betsy says that it is too lowbrow for Futurium’s taste. Nigel and Crissy tell Betsy they are worried about her, and Betsy says they should worry about themselves given what happened to the Morley brothers. Betsy tries to change the subject, bringing up that she believes that Crissy’s agent exploited her disordered eating to create her Diana tribute show. She then says that Crissy has the show because of what their stepfather did to her, which causes Nigel to defend Crissy.

Marisa returns, and Marisa and Betsy go to grab lunch for the four of them. Nigel tells Crissy that, while she’s been spending her time researching Futurium, she should have been researching Frankie.

Marisa catches Betsy writing down her seed phrase on the bottom of a bathroom drawer in case she forgets it. Realizing that Betsy is probably also afraid of someone at Futurium getting the seed phrase, Marisa hides it in an email as well.

Following her disastrous meeting with Nigel and Crissy, Betsy reflects on how much of her sister’s life and personality has been consumed by her career as a Diana impersonator. As she continues to get used to her new job, she avoids her sister. For the most part, her work is administrative and legal, but, sometimes, she has to schedule some meetings with members of the Mastaba.

One day, Frankie comes by the office and tells her that Futurium is planning to make an offer on Buckingham Palace Casino. Betsy immediately asks how this will affect Crissy’s show, and Frankie admits things are up in the air because she angered Tony. He tells her that Futurium is planning to make a bigger variety show with more impersonators. He goes on to explain how they are going to renovate and redesign Buckingham Palace Casino.

When Betsy asks what will happen if Crissy doesn’t want to be involved with the new Buckingham Palace, Frankie replies that Betsy could take her place. Betsy is shocked he would think that is something she would want to do and tells him no. She repeats that she is not interested, and Frankie changes the subject and asks her if she can still model for Futurium. She says yes, and they discuss the upcoming photo shoot in Red Rocks.

Marisa says that she understands cryptocurrency better than both Frankie and Betsy.

Crissy begins researching Frankie’s past and discovers a former colleague of his, Cleo Dionne, who died by drowning in a bathtub after drinking too much in Grand Cayman. Cleo looked a lot like both Betsy and Crissy. When she tells Nigel, he assumes that she was murdered.

The Queen of England dies a few days later, causing Crissy to rewrite some of her show. Yevgeny is planning to arrive in Las Vegas that weekend, and, before his arrival, Crissy and him talk on the phone about what she found out about Cleo. He agrees that the death looks suspicious and that he knows Frankie and the Mastaba frequent the club where Cleo died. He assures Crissy that Betsy and Marisa will be fine, but, when they hang up, Crissy cannot remember if she ever told him she had a niece.

The morning after Yevgeny arrives in Las Vegas, he goes hiking in Red Rocks. He invites Crissy, but she declines his invitation because she has made plans to meet with a reporter who is writing a biography about Diana. Crissy meets the biographer, and the two discuss her impersonation of Diana. The reporter wonders if Crissy is inspired by a tragedy in her own life, and Crissy pretends that she is not.

Later that afternoon, Crissy and Yevgeny text about her meeting with the reporter and his hike. She doesn’t hear from him again, causing her to worry as the day goes on. Later that night, two detectives come to tell her that Yevgeny died in Red Rocks that afternoon.