limp.
Joel groaned. “She has a jerk boyfriend named Clay Ray. He’s an asshole. Always picks on me. Makes fun of me….”
Tonya lay back, aiming her chest at the sky.
“You like her, huh?” Joel whispered.
He didn’t know what it was about her that had him so interested, but he wouldn’t say he liked her. Actually, he felt a strapping effect of loathing towards her.
“I think she’s hot. I’ve always wanted to do it with her, you know? You should see her Mom. She’s hot too.”
Pillowface wondered how she was able to lay outside topless without her parents doing something about it. They must not be at home, which was the only rational explanation.
“Come on; let’s get back in the basement. My sister will be home soon. We can get some water and I’ll sneak you some snacks down.”
He turned his back on Tonya’s exposed flesh and followed Joel to the side of the house. Before entering the basement, Joel turned to him and said, “I still have to clean up all your bloody footprints.”
Pillowface hoped Joel could handle it without his help. He felt beyond tired; almost sickly he was so exhausted. The air mattress beckoned him. It would be the most comfortable bed he’d had in a long time.
CHAPTER EIGHT
(I)
Haley took her time cruising along Marble Lane, passing houses while neighbors she’d never met walked their dogs, or finished up yard duties before it got dark. Kids were playing, relishing the cooler temperatures of evening. Houses were spread out through the trees, scattered and secluded. She knew none of their owners by name. Sure, they would acknowledge each other with waves and smiles, but other than Joel’s friend Ethan, she didn’t really know anyone on this side of Marble Lane, including Ethan’s family.
And she was just fine with it remaining that way.
As she neared her driveway on the other side of Marble Lane, she spotted her next door neighbors’ daughter Tonya, and about the only family she was friendly with, checking the mail. She wore cut-off jeans, the straps of her bikini bottoms curved above the waist band and over her hips. Instead of a shirt, a thin bikini top that was basically just nipple patches barely covered her breasts.
Haley felt embarrassed just looking at her.
Tonya waved, her hand stacked with mail. Haley was tempted to pretend she was messing with the radio and hadn’t seen her. But, as much as she wanted to avoid her, she couldn’t even be rude to someone as obnoxious as Tonya.
She was already in the road before Haley had stopped the car.
Smiling, she rolled the window down and said, “Hey Tonya, what’s up girl?”
Tonya leaned into the car, propping her elbows on the door. Her breasts squished against her forearms. Their pliant mounds were right in her face. The scent of coconut oil began seeping into the car. Tonya’s lotion smelled good. It made Haley think of the beach. “Not much of anything. You just getting home from work?”
“Yeah, it was a rough day.”
“Aw, that sucks. Maybe we should go hang out or something, help take your mind off of it all.”
“I can’t tonight.”
“I can’t either, maybe another night this week?”
Not that Tonya was bad company, she just felt awkward going out with her in public. Haley was five years older than her, and Tonya had only been a high school graduate for the length of a weekend. When it came to opinions of a fun night, their tastes clashed heavily.
“Sounded like you had Joel doing some yard work today.”
Haley couldn’t stop her surprised reaction. “Really? He actually did it?”
Laughing, Tonya said, “Yeah, sounded like a massacre was going on over there with all the machines going.”
“Are you sure he wasn’t just watching one of his movies?”
They both laughed.
“Could’ve been,” said Tonya. “But, I didn’t hear any screams.”
Haley laughed. “How are things going with
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