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.