A Taste of Spring

Chapter 17

Spring could hear the sound of Summer's bare feet on the hard floor behind her but Spring ignored it and the reflection of her sister that appeared in the mirror.

"Spill or I'm going to..."

(Sisters can be so fricking annoying.)

"Going to what? You have nothing on me, cow." Spring tossed the rest of her ice cream into the sink then used a towel to wet and wipe her chin and neck. No more. She wasn't going to be bullied.

"Really?" Summer asked as she gave Spring a mischievous grin. "I see that Troy's been calling a lot."

Spring gazed at Summer's reflection in the mirror. Spring's eyes narrowed, her lips pursed, and her pulse quickened. "You wouldn't," Spring hissed.

"I would." The determined look on Summer's face spoke volumes.

Spring broke eye contact. She rinsed the towel much longer than was necessary, then hung it from the hook where the hand towels usually dangled. She tossed the wooden ice cream stick into the garbage then moved past her sister and out of the bathroom, giving her a wide berth.

"Fine," Spring sighed as she fell back into the chair. "I met him at the place your client requested. He actually approached me so...yeah, contact was easy." Spring lifted her feet up and under her in the chair then sat back, getting more comfortable.

after you went to his house, Two?" Summer reached for the remote that fell to the floor earlier when Spring

at the remote but didn't say what she was thinking. That

Summer said and snapped her fingers. "Focus. What

her head then reluctantly thought of the man she was unsuccessfully trying to forget. She told Summer of the dinner,

her. That night still haunted her, so as she retold her sister how she felt in Dezmond's arms it was as if she was reliving every moment. Sensations and shivers racked her body but Spring tried

few minutes

said as she sat back on the sofa.

Spring frowned. "What?"

Spring hated because it was a look that they both shared, had learned or inherited from their grams. The "I am about

him!" Summer exclaimed with an

"I don't!"

with this man," Summer said loudly, emphasizing the word

know," Spring

head, Summer said, "It took

yelled out, "I

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