Stolen Pieces by S.K. Golden

Author:S.K. Golden [Golden, S.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2024-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-­ONE

Bee set her heel on the chair to moisturize her foot. Her borrowed robe fell open, and she tucked the wayward flap under her bum.

‘Quit wiggling,’ Liliana ordered. She stood on a step stool behind Bee, a heated curling iron in one hand and a round brush in the other, and waved them both at her reflection in the mirror. ‘I’ll burn your neck.’

Liliana’s closet was the size of a decent starter home. Designer dresses, shoes, purses and jewelry were the only decorations in the massive room, displayed more as a shrine to wealth than as a functional organization system. Inside was a pale pink vanity with every feasible accessory for beautifying oneself available. Makeup of every color and kind covered the countertop. Hairdryers and straighteners and brushes lined the wall next to the lighted mirror, waiting to be called into service. She had lotions and potions and hair-­removal waxes: everything stacked in neat rows on or under or beside the vanity.

Bee checked her modesty once more. ‘I’m sorry but I don’t feel like flashing the whole world.’

‘I’m the only one who’d see anything.’ Liliana went back to styling Bee’s hair. ‘I mean, unless you flashed the mirror. And then I guess Anastasia could see it. And the guy you’re in love with – whatshisface.’

‘Adam.’ Bee switched to her other foot. ‘I’m not in love with him. So back off, OK?’

Liliana spat a laugh. ‘Shut up and let me do your hair. You’re almost as bad as Anastasia.’

Bee put the lotion on the vanity and grabbed a vial of ruby-­red nail polish. ‘Thanks for doing this by the way.’ She shook the bottle. ‘I wouldn’t be able to get through this without you.’

Liliana wrapped a strip of red hair around the curling iron. ‘It hasn’t happened yet. I can get the horse to water and all that.’ She let the soft wave fall over Bee’s shoulder. ‘But I can guarantee you’re going to be the best water that stubborn horse has ever seen.’

Bee started painting her fingernails. She caught her friend’s eye in the mirror and smiled. ‘I owe you one.’

‘You owe me wine,’ she corrected. ‘A lot of wine. You’ll think, “Is this too much wine?” and then you’ll still buy more wine. And then it will be enough.’

Bee laughed. ‘OK. Deal.’

‘Would you stop?’ came Adam’s grumpy voice. ‘No. No. Would you—’ He giggled. ‘Knock it off.’

Bee and Liliana turned in sync. Adam and Anastasia had entered the master bedroom. He wore a white tuxedo with a black bow tie and a scowl.

Anastasia towered over Adam barefoot. She poked his side.

He twisted away from her, an angry giggle escaping at being tickled. ‘Can you do something about this?’ he asked Bee.

She shook her head, too stunned to form words.

Big bad Adam Gage was ticklish.

‘He fits fine into my husband’s suit,’ Anastasia said, sneaking one more poke into Adam’s side. She walked into the closet and watched her reflection play with Bee’s red wig. ‘It is a little tight for him.

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