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if it was baseball or football. She’d found it a few years ago and it had been

a spare, so she’d claimed it and she’d been wearing it ever since.

Arabella’s plan to avoid June lasted for all of thirty seconds. She’d been

sitting in her shady spot for ten minutes, entertained by a group of kids who

looked to be around ten to twelve who were tossing a football around,

having some sort of mini game. There were three girls and four boys, and

the girls were definitely kicking butt. That amused Arabella. She liked their

feisty spirits. All of a sudden, she looked up and saw June heading her way.

Not just June. No, it couldn’t just be June. Arabella’s luck was apparently

just shit as of late. Summer Johnson walked beside Arabella, her flaming

red mane impossible to miss. She was wearing an emerald-green maxi dress

that matched her eyes and made her tall, curvy frame look like a goddess.

Arabella felt a momentary twinge that wasn’t regret or panic, though she

felt bucketloads of those, but it passed quickly, as soon as her eyes swept to

June.

June was tall enough, around five seven. She didn’t have the curvy figure

that Summer or Arabella herself had. Arabella had made fun of her in high

school, saying she looked like a boy. She didn’t look like a boy. She looked

anything but. Her body might be on the slight side, petite even, but she had

gentle, tantalizing curves. Her skin was flawless everywhere, a silky cream

that made Arabella’s stomach twinge. Something deep in her chest vibrated

like a plucked bow string when she swept her gaze over June’s funky green

shoes, up to the yellow sundress she had on. Dainty straps stood out against

all that creamy skin, the sundress exposing legs that seemed to go on

forever. While the top was snug, hinting at the swell of her breasts, it

flowed from there, hiding a tiny waist and a ridiculously tight bottom.

Arabella was ashamed to say she’d checked June out thoroughly when

she’d followed her to her of

fice her first day of work.

June never had been one for makeup, and she wore hardly any at all.