Dead Sexy (LFB1)

Author:Raye, Kimberly [Raye, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373793624
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“So what do you think of my new eyebrows?”

Nikki stood in the recreation room at Golden Acres and stared at the bright red arches that had been carefully tattooed above Eula Holly’s eyes.

Eula was in her nineties, a small woman with dyed red hair and frosted orange lipstick. Back in the day, Eula had been named Miss October at the Fall Ball five years in a row. Now she spent her time knitting and playing dominoes with her twin sister, Beula. She and Beula shared a room, as well as the same shade of lipstick, and they were always the first customers in line when Nikki made her weekly stop at the retirement home.

“I saw it in one of them fashion magazines and so’s I had it done yesterday when we took our weekly field trip to Austin for lunch and shopping.” She held up her bony fingers, which trembled ever so slightly. “My hands were starting to shake so bad when I tried to pencil them in that I figured this would save me a lot of trouble.”

“And doctor bills,” Beula, just as small with the same shade of hair, added.

“Eula here stabbed herself in the eye two weeks ago. And the week before that she stabbed herself in the ear.” Beula shrugged, “Who knew her aim could be that off?”

“Ronald Dupree came up behind me and scared the bejesus out of me, that’s all,”

Eula said defensively.

“You’re just getting old,” Beula told her. “We all are. That’s why we’re here.”

Because they were old. And because most had been forgotten. There were a few who received the dutiful visits from sons and daughters and grandchildren. But most of the residents at Golden Acres were there because they had nowhere else—and no one else who cared one way or another.

Eula and Beula weren’t that much older than Nikki’s aunt Izzie. In fact, they played bingo with her every Saturday night.

Not that Izzie would ever be forgotten. When the time came, Nikki would be there for Izzie the way Izzie had been there for her.

And Jolene?

Jolene would be there, too. She seemed almost heartless at times, but she wasn’t. She was simply spoiled.

“You might be this side of giving up the ghost, but I’m not,” Eula went on, distracting Nikki from her thoughts. “I’m still as spry as ever.” Her hand trembled and she caught it with her other and held them in her lap. “I am,” she said as if to convince herself more than Nikki. “So what do you think? They look perfect to me.”

“That’s ‘ cause you cain’t see two inches in front of your face,” Beula chimed in. “You need to wear your glasses.”

“I do not need to wear glasses. Those are just for reading.”

“The doctor said to wear them all the time.”

“What does he know? The last time I was at his office, he was two hours late for my appointment. Probably out running around with God knows who.”

“You were two hours early on account of you can’t see the dadburned clock.

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