Free Dancing on Her Grave by Diana Montané Page B

training and was basically self-taught except for classes she took here and there, must have had more than ample reason to be jealous of her.
    But the redhead was not even Debbie’s sole competition for Griffith’s affection. Eventually, I sought out andmet four of his other ex-partners. Most were fellow dancers, and maybe that made them attractive to him. Maybe he thought they were also on the same page about having an open relationship.
    But one young woman, Marci Gee, was different. When she and Jason Griffith met through a dating site, Marci was working as a cashier at a cable company. She was a family girl, a very young woman from Guatemala—a
Chapina
, the term used for women born in that country. She was twenty-three years old, but she was naïve and trusting; at least, she was before she met Jason Griffith.
    Marci has long, thick black hair. She wears almost no makeup, and her skin is flawless. She is a curvy, voluptuous woman. Her beauty is more innocent than most of the other women Jason Griffith dated. She wasn’t a typical Las Vegas party girl.
    Marci Gee was having problems with her then-boyfriend, so she decided to open a MocoSpace account (similar to MySpace, but more of a dating site). She was looking for a real relationship and not an affair. She did start chatting with other men, one of whom was Jason Griffith. He started the conversation, and she replied right away. His profile picture was very appealing to her, especially the six-pack abs revealed through his open shirt. As they continued to talk online, Marci told him about her problems with her current boyfriend, that she was having jealousy issues with him, which was why she decided totake a break. Then Marci changed her mind, decided to give her boyfriend another chance, closed her MocoSpace account, and did not hear from Jason Griffith for a while.
    A year went by, and Marci’s relationship with her boyfriend ended for good. The young woman was single again. She reactivated her account and was browsing for new friends, and there was Jason Griffith. Again. They chatted, but this time he wanted to meet in person. They arranged a meeting at the IHOP (a favorite location frequented by dancers after work, due to their late hours). The two talked for hours. He told her about his life, and she told him about hers.
    The date ended at Griffith’s house. He told her he wanted to show her the room where he recorded his music videos. It also happened to be his bedroom.
    (At the time, Jason Griffith was living in a converted garage at his friend Louis Colombo’s home. By the end of 2010, Griffith and Louis had moved out of that residence but were still roommates.)
    Marci was impressed with Griffith’s setup. The garage-room was very organized; it really looked like a recording studio. He had three Mac computers where he worked on music and videos. He told her he was on the verge of wrapping up a deal with Sony Music. That night, they had sex, and they continued to see each other for almost a year.
    Marci said Griffith was always polite and a gentlemanand never seemed to lose his temper. He did not appear to be a jealous man at all. However, he did get rather upset one time, when Marci posted a status on her MocoSpace account that read, “I think I am allergic to condoms.” He surprised her then by phoning her, very irate, asking her if she had had sex with another man. Nevertheless, after that incident, they continued to see each other, and as the relationship progressed, he opened up more about his life.
    He told Marci that he had attended Juilliard, the very prestigious performing arts school in New York for dance, drama, and music, and that he had been able to fund his tuition with scholarships. (This was later corroborated during an interview with Gerald Gordon, his former acting coach in Las Vegas, who stated that Griffith had indeed graduated from Juilliard with a full scholarship.) Griffith then went on to perform as one of the backup dancers for