straight, white teeth or the perfect plush lips, but because it was full of
feeling. Real feeling.
“You coming to the company barbeque on Friday?”
June had already decided she was going to cave and bring Summer. It
wasn’t mandatory that anyone attend because that would just be twisted on
her part, to demand that employees attend a fun event, but everyone always
did come out, at least for a few hours.
“Yeah. I am. I just heard about it this morning, but…yes.”
“Okay.” June walked over to the door, her back burning as badly as the
rest of her as she felt Arabella’s hot stare there. She opened it quickly. “See
you then.”
Arabella left quietly. She turned right instead of left, the opposite
direction of her office, but June quickly closed her door and didn’t correct
her. She figured she’d see her in a few seconds, correcting her path. She’d
be seeing a lot of Arabella if she continued to work there. The one person
she’d always hoped she’d never run into again.
It appeared that Arabella had changed completely, but maybe that was
just a front. It was too early to tell, and like Summer, June still had her
suspicions, and those wouldn’t be easily dismissed. It would be hard for her
to put any trust into her ex-tormenter.
Life had a funny way of twisting things up, turning people upside down,
and making a crazy mess of things. June shook her head, not pleased in the
least by coincidence or fate or whatever had brought their lives back into
orbit.
Chapter 5
Arabella
Gosswin Park contained two man-made lakes which wound their way
through the acres of green grass. The small lakes, at their narrowest points,
intertwined and flowed past a three-tier flower garden bordered by stones
that looked as though they had been dug out of the lakebeds themselves.