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said, and then flashed them both a wide grin.
They didn’t know whether to be insulted or impressed by the sexual inference, and Ruby could see it was about to get out of hand.
“Vesta, there comes Sue, so Vera can pick up the walk-in. Welcome to Blessings, T. J. Take a seat and we’ll get you fixed right up.”
She arched an eyebrow at the twins as a reminder that this was a place of business, then turned Lily’s chair around and the blow-dryer back on. Because LilyAnn’s hair was so long, it always took a while to dry. She began working the round vent brush through the lengths while keeping an eye on the clock. Lily only had a limited amount of time, and Ruby didn’t want to make her late.
It wasn’t until she was about through that she realized Lily was staring at the stranger as if she’d seen a ghost.
Ruby paused. “Hey. Are you okay?” she whispered.
Lily blinked, and when she met Ruby’s gaze in the mirror, her eyes were filled with tears.
“I’m fine, Sister. He just reminded me of someone.” Then she shook her head and looked away.
Ruby’s eyes narrowed. This was the first time she could remember the woman even showing an interest in another man. Even if it was a negative interest, it was better than nothing.
“How about we do something a little different with your hair? Maybe pull the sides away from your face and fasten them up here at the crown… or maybe at the nape of your neck? Hmm? What do you think?”
She pulled the sides back and held them up at the crown to show Lily what she was talking about.
Lily frowned. Pulling her hair away from her face like that only emphasized her double chin.
“I don’t know. I guess,” she muttered.
“Good,” Ruby said. “A little change never hurt anyone.”
With an eye still on the clock, she quickly finished Lily’s new look.
“There you go. Look how pretty you look like this, and just in time to get back to work before Mr. Phillips can complain.”
Lily frowned again. She felt naked—like she’d revealed too much of herself. She didn’t much like it, but it was too late to change it. She slipped into her jacket and grabbed her purse before scuttling toward the front like a crab going sideways across a beach. Her head was down and her shoulders slumped, operating on the theory that if she couldn’t see the hunk, then he couldn’t see her.
“Same time next week,” she said, as she handed Ruby her money and bolted out the door like the place had just caught on fire.
But what had caught fire was LilyAnn’s lust. She hadn’t felt stirrings in her belly like that since the last time she saw Randy Joe naked. Only then she’d been just as naked and proud of her body, not like now.
Not once in the last eleven years had she given her changing shape much thought. It had never been an issue to her existence until today. The stranger was hot like Randy Joe and drove a fine fancy truck, just like Randy Joe. And once upon a time he would have looked at LilyAnn and wanted her… just like Randy Joe. But that man sitting in Vera’s styling chair would never give her a second look.
So the question was… what, if anything, was she going to do about this?
She sailed past the fitness center without looking at her reflection and hurried into the pharmacy, anxious to get something else on her mind besides wondering what T. J. Lachlan looked like naked. She’d heard some men looked good in their clothes but not so much without them, and knew it had to do with the size of their stuff. While she wasn’t one to judge a person on looks, she was seriously giving some thought to “what if?”
Her boss, Mr. Phillips, saw her coming in and waved her over.
“Hey, Lily, we just got in a new shipment. As soon as you can, come back to the pharmacy. You can check them against the invoice for me.”
“Sure thing,” she said, and stowed her purse and jacket, then got to work.
By the time five o’clock rolled around, she was exhausted in mind and
They didn’t know whether to be insulted or impressed by the sexual inference, and Ruby could see it was about to get out of hand.
“Vesta, there comes Sue, so Vera can pick up the walk-in. Welcome to Blessings, T. J. Take a seat and we’ll get you fixed right up.”
She arched an eyebrow at the twins as a reminder that this was a place of business, then turned Lily’s chair around and the blow-dryer back on. Because LilyAnn’s hair was so long, it always took a while to dry. She began working the round vent brush through the lengths while keeping an eye on the clock. Lily only had a limited amount of time, and Ruby didn’t want to make her late.
It wasn’t until she was about through that she realized Lily was staring at the stranger as if she’d seen a ghost.
Ruby paused. “Hey. Are you okay?” she whispered.
Lily blinked, and when she met Ruby’s gaze in the mirror, her eyes were filled with tears.
“I’m fine, Sister. He just reminded me of someone.” Then she shook her head and looked away.
Ruby’s eyes narrowed. This was the first time she could remember the woman even showing an interest in another man. Even if it was a negative interest, it was better than nothing.
“How about we do something a little different with your hair? Maybe pull the sides away from your face and fasten them up here at the crown… or maybe at the nape of your neck? Hmm? What do you think?”
She pulled the sides back and held them up at the crown to show Lily what she was talking about.
Lily frowned. Pulling her hair away from her face like that only emphasized her double chin.
“I don’t know. I guess,” she muttered.
“Good,” Ruby said. “A little change never hurt anyone.”
With an eye still on the clock, she quickly finished Lily’s new look.
“There you go. Look how pretty you look like this, and just in time to get back to work before Mr. Phillips can complain.”
Lily frowned again. She felt naked—like she’d revealed too much of herself. She didn’t much like it, but it was too late to change it. She slipped into her jacket and grabbed her purse before scuttling toward the front like a crab going sideways across a beach. Her head was down and her shoulders slumped, operating on the theory that if she couldn’t see the hunk, then he couldn’t see her.
“Same time next week,” she said, as she handed Ruby her money and bolted out the door like the place had just caught on fire.
But what had caught fire was LilyAnn’s lust. She hadn’t felt stirrings in her belly like that since the last time she saw Randy Joe naked. Only then she’d been just as naked and proud of her body, not like now.
Not once in the last eleven years had she given her changing shape much thought. It had never been an issue to her existence until today. The stranger was hot like Randy Joe and drove a fine fancy truck, just like Randy Joe. And once upon a time he would have looked at LilyAnn and wanted her… just like Randy Joe. But that man sitting in Vera’s styling chair would never give her a second look.
So the question was… what, if anything, was she going to do about this?
She sailed past the fitness center without looking at her reflection and hurried into the pharmacy, anxious to get something else on her mind besides wondering what T. J. Lachlan looked like naked. She’d heard some men looked good in their clothes but not so much without them, and knew it had to do with the size of their stuff. While she wasn’t one to judge a person on looks, she was seriously giving some thought to “what if?”
Her boss, Mr. Phillips, saw her coming in and waved her over.
“Hey, Lily, we just got in a new shipment. As soon as you can, come back to the pharmacy. You can check them against the invoice for me.”
“Sure thing,” she said, and stowed her purse and jacket, then got to work.
By the time five o’clock rolled around, she was exhausted in mind and
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