him looking at her, she smiled and stuck her chest out a little farther.
He remembered their run-in at the Grocery Stop the week he’d arrived in town. His eyes dropped to his beer and he tried not to look her way again, as the group continued to talk about her.
“I heard it was a nose job this time,” Haley whispered.
“No, she had one of those when she turned eighteen.” Alex waved her sister off. “But there is something different about her.”
“Maybe she was visiting Travis. Wherever he disappeared to,” Haley suggested. “Well, whatever the reason for her almost month long disappearance, she’s back in town and our problem now.”
“Is she really that bad?” he asked, taking another sip of his beer.
“Worse,” Alex said, glaring towards the bar. “I guess in a way I have her to thank for my marriage, though.” His cousin blinked a few times and her eyes softened as she looked over at her husband.
At that moment, Reece realized that his strongest desire was for someone to look at him just like that. At least once in his life.
“Can you believe our luck?” Holly said, leaning against the porcelain sink. Melissa was reapplying her red lipstick, which she was very happy Holly had talked her into wearing that night.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, it’s wonderful that Reece was here.” She nudged her. “By the way, Haley and Wes agreed to take me home tonight.” Holly winked at her, and she couldn’t help smiling.
“You’re a dork.”
“Yes, sadly, I’m a dork that will be going back to an empty apartment.” She faked a frown and gave her sad eyes, blinking a few times.
“There are plenty of good-looking men out there.” She nodded towards the bathroom door.
Holly laughed. “Right.”
“What about…” Melissa tried to think of a few guys they had gone to school with that were still single.
“Ha! Can’t think of any, can you?” Her friend pointed at her.
“Joey.”
“Joey? Joey Briggs?” Holly held her arms out and made her face chubby.
“Okay, so he’s gained a few pounds since school.”
“Ha, he’s no quarterback anymore, that’s for sure.” Her friend teetered on the sink and Melissa reached out to steady her.
“Maybe you should see about having Haley and Wes take you home soon.”
Her friend waved her aside. “I’m not toast yet.”
Melissa laughed and helped her off the sink just as Savannah walked in.
“Well, well. Look who got lucky.”
If Savannah’s dress were any tighter, Melissa was sure it would have broken several laws of physics. Her breasts did look bigger and she wondered if what Alex had said was true.
“Hello, Savannah.” Melissa turned towards the other woman, still holding Holly steady. Now her friend was leaning a little more on her shoulder.
“Wow, how big can they get?” Holly asked, earning her a pinch on the arm from Melissa.
Savannah gave Holly a look that said everything. It was obvious that Holly didn’t even warrant a response from her.
“Well, Melissa, it’s very lucky for you that I had to leave for a very important meeting for daddy’s business in New York.”
Savannah crossed her arms over her chest and continued to block the only exit from the small room.
“Oh? Why is that?” she asked, taking the bait. She knew better, but for some reason, she was dying to know what Savannah was up to.
“Well, before I had to leave, Reece and I had started something that would have, no doubt, ended up being much more than what you have.” She smiled and looked down at her perfectly manicured fingernails. “But I’m sure it won’t be long before he becomes bored with you.” She sighed and looked up at her, her eyes raking over her simple cotton dress. Then she chuckled. “I’ll be sure to have him tested, first.”
It happened so fast, Melissa didn’t have time to respond. Holly wiggled out of her grip and before Melissa knew what was happening, there was blood splattered over the three of
He remembered their run-in at the Grocery Stop the week he’d arrived in town. His eyes dropped to his beer and he tried not to look her way again, as the group continued to talk about her.
“I heard it was a nose job this time,” Haley whispered.
“No, she had one of those when she turned eighteen.” Alex waved her sister off. “But there is something different about her.”
“Maybe she was visiting Travis. Wherever he disappeared to,” Haley suggested. “Well, whatever the reason for her almost month long disappearance, she’s back in town and our problem now.”
“Is she really that bad?” he asked, taking another sip of his beer.
“Worse,” Alex said, glaring towards the bar. “I guess in a way I have her to thank for my marriage, though.” His cousin blinked a few times and her eyes softened as she looked over at her husband.
At that moment, Reece realized that his strongest desire was for someone to look at him just like that. At least once in his life.
“Can you believe our luck?” Holly said, leaning against the porcelain sink. Melissa was reapplying her red lipstick, which she was very happy Holly had talked her into wearing that night.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, it’s wonderful that Reece was here.” She nudged her. “By the way, Haley and Wes agreed to take me home tonight.” Holly winked at her, and she couldn’t help smiling.
“You’re a dork.”
“Yes, sadly, I’m a dork that will be going back to an empty apartment.” She faked a frown and gave her sad eyes, blinking a few times.
“There are plenty of good-looking men out there.” She nodded towards the bathroom door.
Holly laughed. “Right.”
“What about…” Melissa tried to think of a few guys they had gone to school with that were still single.
“Ha! Can’t think of any, can you?” Her friend pointed at her.
“Joey.”
“Joey? Joey Briggs?” Holly held her arms out and made her face chubby.
“Okay, so he’s gained a few pounds since school.”
“Ha, he’s no quarterback anymore, that’s for sure.” Her friend teetered on the sink and Melissa reached out to steady her.
“Maybe you should see about having Haley and Wes take you home soon.”
Her friend waved her aside. “I’m not toast yet.”
Melissa laughed and helped her off the sink just as Savannah walked in.
“Well, well. Look who got lucky.”
If Savannah’s dress were any tighter, Melissa was sure it would have broken several laws of physics. Her breasts did look bigger and she wondered if what Alex had said was true.
“Hello, Savannah.” Melissa turned towards the other woman, still holding Holly steady. Now her friend was leaning a little more on her shoulder.
“Wow, how big can they get?” Holly asked, earning her a pinch on the arm from Melissa.
Savannah gave Holly a look that said everything. It was obvious that Holly didn’t even warrant a response from her.
“Well, Melissa, it’s very lucky for you that I had to leave for a very important meeting for daddy’s business in New York.”
Savannah crossed her arms over her chest and continued to block the only exit from the small room.
“Oh? Why is that?” she asked, taking the bait. She knew better, but for some reason, she was dying to know what Savannah was up to.
“Well, before I had to leave, Reece and I had started something that would have, no doubt, ended up being much more than what you have.” She smiled and looked down at her perfectly manicured fingernails. “But I’m sure it won’t be long before he becomes bored with you.” She sighed and looked up at her, her eyes raking over her simple cotton dress. Then she chuckled. “I’ll be sure to have him tested, first.”
It happened so fast, Melissa didn’t have time to respond. Holly wiggled out of her grip and before Melissa knew what was happening, there was blood splattered over the three of
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